Rome - Our Apartment

I got our apartment through a place called Rome Sweet Home. The prices were less than what we would have paid for a hotel for all of us, especially since the people there said we could count the two kids as one person. I've noticed that most accommodations in Europe seem to be per person per night instead of just per night. Not sure why. Here's the apartment I picked out. It was downtown, near Piazza Navona, so I figured it would be near transportation.

About a week before our trip, I got an email from the Rome Sweet Home people to say that the apartment I had booked was undergoing emergency maintenance, and would I be willing to take this one for the same price? It was normally a more expensive apartment, and it was pretty much on Piazza Navona, so I said yes. They knew how many people we had, and they had been very helpful up until then, so I trusted them. 

Our street

I should have been more careful. The place we got was really tiny. Mom had to sleep on the couch that was not meant for sleeping. I guess they forgot that we actually had 5 people, because the lady who owned the apartment was very surprised when we showed up. I had also forgotten that 2nd floor in Europe is what we would call 3rd floor in America, so there were quite a lot of steps for us to take every time we went in and out of the apartment.

It ended up being OK, though. Mom said her couch was pretty comfy, and we really didn't spend all that much time there, anyway.I actually got a pretty good picture of it while trying to show Mom how to use the panorama setting on our camera. There's a little bathroom through that door, and then there are two little bedrooms behind where I was standing. Otherwise, that's the whole place.