We made it....!!

Flying is just like childbirth...you forget how bad it actually is, until you're in the middle of it & there's no way out but to go the distance!!!  I was stuffed by the time we arrived in Rome...had only managed about 3 or 4 hrs sleep to Dubai. We were amazed at how different Dubai terminal is since we were last here...being new & havein NO arabs sleeping all over the floor everywhere.  John & I were the last to check in for the flight to Rome as we were waiting for the Vintons who had gone off to buy a camera.  The little man ao the check in told us we couldn't fly economy today & the panic began to set in...I could see us being left in Dubai!!  BUt as he handed us our boarding passes with a smile, he told us we could tell our friends we would be in Business class....I thought he was having a joke with us until I looked at the passes...with Business Class printed on them.  That's definitely the way to travel....white cloth tablecloths...chine & glass....silver cutlery...choice of food...cocktails before dinner with a dish of mixed nuts...each....etc' etc' etc!!!!!  PLUS a seat that was nearly horizontal....OMG....how good is Business Class????
Our monastery where we're staying looks across to the dome of St Peters Basilica....very impressive lit up at night...got a photo...but no USB here.  John's nerves are setting in already...he has to drive us out of Rome tomorrow & the trip in from the airport was very hairy...he sat in the front to get a"lesson"...we were travelling at 130 & taking no notice of stop signs, road markings or other road users....indicators & flashing headlights are all that is needed.
Wandered off for a drink & snack before bed....by now it was about midnight...the waiter's father in law lives in Brisbane!!!  Off to Mass in the Basilica at 8.30 am after brekky here..feeling a little more human today....(though the bed is reminiscent of the Nun's pallet!!!!)