Back to Rome and an Incident

Having had such a nice time in Venice, it was hard to return to Rome. It was a nice train ride and we were glad to see the hotel again. They even had our bags already in the rooms. We then went out for awhile and enjoyed Rome again. No planned tours. Unfortunately, Ken, Brenda, Sam & Dave left the next day (the hotel made them boxed breakfast as they left very early). Lilia and I stayed one more day and went to the Spanish Steps and just enjoyed the city one more day. On Tuesday, July 2nd, we went to Civitavecchia to catch the Grimaldi ferry to Barcelona.
While waiting in the Grimaldi ferry terminal, Lilia became friendly with a dog that a couple had with them. She even took the dog for a walk. When she returned, she decided the dog needed some water so she got a plastic cup and filled it and the dg drank it and the cup went to the floor and the dog started to eat it. I mentioned to Lilia that the cup probably wasn’t too good for the dog to eat, so she went to take it away and the dog latched not her right hand and wouldn’t let go, even when Lilia was trying to free her hand by swinging it in the air with dog attached (25 - 30 pound dog). Just as I was getting up to grab the dog by its mouth, it let go. Lilia stepped in front of me and was swing her hand like a pendulum as it hurt. She did not realize that blood was flying all over. There was blood spatter everywhere and as the seconds ticked after she stopped swinging her arm, there was a large amount of blood n the floor. Someone came to help and I started handing out bandaids to that person. Finally someone came showed up with more gauze. Got the bleeding covered and it pretty much had stopped, but there were numerous puncture wounds all over her hand. Anyway it was time to board the ferry. Just a note: this ferry is as big as a cruise liner. It transports, people, cars and many semis from Rome to Barcelona. It takes about 22 hours.