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Roman Getaway
story and photos by Ann Wallace

My mother is in her nineties and can no longer make the journey
alone from her home in England to visit me here in Canada. But
she hasn't lost the travelling bug! "When I next come to visit
you, let's go on a little trip," I said to her last year, 'Where
would you like to go?" She didn't hesitate. "Rome," she declared
firmly, "I've never been, I've always wanted to and I'd better
go soon." So Rome it was!
I
made hotel reservations from Canada and arranged to fly to Gatwick
with Zoom Airlines. I then arranged for a car service to collect
my mother from her Surrey home and bring her to Gatwick to meet
me at the appropriate time for our British Airways flight on
to Italy. All went smoothly and by noon on a day in October
we were in the Eternal City and in a taxi on our way to our
hotel. The website had promised that the Forum Hotel was close
to - yes - the Forum. <more>
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