Our Roman holiday was coming to an end, and at this point our thoughts turned from leisurely travel to ‘get out of Italy as quickly and as safely as we can’ mode following the lock down.
Don’t get me wrong, we’d had a fantastic trip even if it was rather surreal, but we were scared we’d pay heavily for every time we took our masks off, or every time we stood in a crowd.
For us the ‘escape’ from the city involved leaving the Vatican to board the ‘Leonardo Express,’ a 30-minutes-or-so train ride which takes you to Da Vinci airport.
To do this we’d need to take the Metro to Roma Termini station (where the train is stationed). Luckily public transport continued to run.
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