My trip to Europe Day #2

8/15/2022 I think I lost a day somewhere due to the time change. On day two my problems with buying tickets for public transit began, but I was able to catch the bus/train back to the airport terminal. I had a cup of coffee at Roma Termini waiting for my rental car reservation. I only had internet at airports, cafes, etc...

The rental car company would not give me my car unless I paid extra money and filled out a foreign driver passport. I had already paid for the rental car and was apprehensive about the foreign passport thing so I decided to go back to the airport to contact the reservation company and check my emails. I seemed to have things worked out with the booking agency and caught the shuttle back to the rental car location.

They STILL would not give me my car nor would they refund my prepaid reservation! I shuttled back to the airport a second time and went back to the train station. This took all day and there were no trains leaving until the next morning. I made the most of the situation and explored Rome on foot all night long. They had real estate listings, rental scooters, a soothing chapel and an inconspicuous police station. I found a cool Turkish cafe where I drank beer and had a Turkish Kebab/Schwarma. A couple groups of strange people stopped in to join me. One skinny fellow tried to sell me a laptop. I wondered if it was stolen.