Apr 29, 2026 · 39 min · 15 segments
In this episode, Tommaso and Kimberly share their road trip from Rome to Lago di Garda. They talk about unexpected turns, unique culinary experiences, and the unparalleled beauty of Tuscany in spring…
Well, here we are again, and we'll just dive right in, okay? As Tomaso just mentioned, we picked up our rental car at the Termini train station in Rome, and we did this deliberately because we thought, well, the average person, when they walk around Rome, they see the driving, they see the craziness.
They're like, "Uh, no thanks."
[laughs] And I have driven in Rome plenty of times, but the few days that we were there was on foot, as Tomaso mentioned.
But we knew we had a road trip ahead of us, so we planned to pick up the rental car at the Termini station.
We took a taxi there from our hotel.
Easy-peasy, right?
We followed the signs to the rental car company, and we got there to the little booth, and the man said, "Oh, no.
You go back outside, walk down, you know-
... 200 meters
[laughs] And then take the elevator up to the fourth floor.
Right
Right.
We're like, okay, well, it was a little misleading where to go, but we did.
Then we're told the further directions.
We went there, and what happened was that the car rental company gave us an upgrade because I rent from them so much, and as generous as it was, Tomaso took one look at it while I was, you know, signing the, the agreement, and he came back, and he goes, "Uh-uh." [laughs] It was the biggest car in Rome, and we politely declined and said, "We are driving into Tuscany and Umbria, and we just do not want a car this large that we could not park easily." So we got a Jeep-
...
Well, here we are again, and we'll just dive right in, okay? As Tomaso just mentioned, we picked up our rental car at the Termini train station in Rome, and we did this deliberately because we thought, well, the average person, when they walk around Rome, they see the driving, they see the craziness.
They're like, "Uh, no thanks."
[laughs] And I have driven in Rome plenty of times, but the few days that we were there was on foot, as Tomaso mentioned.
But we knew we had a road trip ahead of us, so we planned to pick up the rental car at the Termini station.
We took a taxi there from our hotel.
Easy-peasy, right?
We followed the signs to the rental car company, and we got there to the little booth, and the man said, "Oh, no.
You go back outside, walk down, you know-
... 200 meters
[laughs] And then take the elevator up to the fourth floor.
Right
Right.
We're like, okay, well, it was a little misleading where to go, but we did.
Then we're told the further directions.
We went there, and what happened was that the car rental company gave us an upgrade because I rent from them so much, and as generous as it was, Tomaso took one look at it while I was, you know, signing the, the agreement, and he came back, and he goes, "Uh-uh." [laughs] It was the biggest car in Rome, and we politely declined and said, "We are driving into Tuscany and Umbria, and we just do not want a car this large that we could not park easily." So we got a Jeep-
...
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