It was not, and no amount of patience brought forth a taxi to bring him back to the Spanish Steps.
Nearly 40 years later, conversation wandered a few hundred yards away, to the Spanish Steps.
In modern times the Spanish Steps have included a small cut-flower market.
I have a video of him climbing the Spanish Steps.
In 1948 he bought a house near the Spanish Steps which is now a museum dedicated to his work.
The palace, about 100 yards from the Spanish Steps, is an attraction in itself.
He stopped to catch his breath at the top of the Spanish Steps.
I stood at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, waiting.
The Spanish Steps have been through a lot since then, starting with the collapse of the left wall in 1728.
My parents, who picked up the car before I arrived, had been told the office was near the Spanish Steps.