By Deja Pseu
These traffic cops were performing an amazing pas de deux in the middle of a very busy intersection Our flight arrived in Rome early in the evening, and we were anticipating having to spend some time in line going through immigration and customs. Not so. What line there was moved quickly, the young man in the immigration booth barely glanced at our passports before stamping and waving us on, and once we claimed le monsieur's bag, we followed the signs for customs, and the "nothing to declare" door, only to find ourselves...outside. We'd arranged a car to pick us up from the airport, and the driver was a charming man whose English was rudimentary but knowledge of Rome was much better, and he took us on a brief driving tour of the city before dropping us at the hotel. It was amazing... More...