My Italian Holiday

We made it to Rome. My Italian holiday begins today.  I will be in Italy for the Globus tour of " Highlights of Italy and Sicily". The tour lasts until October 31.  I do not know why they separate Italy from Sicily in their title.  Some one told me the regions are very different and one region does not like to recognize the other region.  I do not know if this is true.  I will get back to you with the answer.  I had a long blog on getting to Rome but somehow it self destructed and I need to write it over again.  Currently I am staying at the Hotel Golden which is a wonderful hotel near a very fashionable section of the city and a very famous site called the Villa borganese.  I know I did not spell that right but the next blog the spelling should be better.  The rooms and the staff are very friendly and helpful.
Yesterday Glenda and I spent all day getting to Rome.  We arrived at the Hotel at about 12 am.  We then went out for dinner and a drink to celebrate.   We got to bed at 2am.  We slept til 930 and hurried to get dressed and go down to the breakfast room.  We were just in time and had a delightful breakfast.  We went back to our room and packed our suitcases.  Glenda is doing her laundry and currently I am trying to get this blog completed.  We will meet at 230 pm to go over to the Hotel Albani where our tour group will meet.  Hopefully they will have wi fi so I can write all the info I want to share with you.   Many of you have asked me where are the pictures.  I have taken lots of pictures but have not been able to put them on the blog because when I was at the apartment I was only able to use the apartment's computer and not able to download my own pictures from my computer.  Now that I will be traveling in different hotels that have wi fi,  maybe you will see some pictures as Glenda and I might have more time to figure out how to put the pictures on.
I am going to end this blog now as I want to go shopping in this section of town.  It is very fashionable and lots of shops.  The weather coming into Rome was fair, a little warmer than Paris.  However walking home from the restaurant it started to rain and it was raining cats and dogs as we got to the hotel.  I was drenched.  I have not gone outside today. I will report back to you.