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What will go wrong this time !
... do our trips always have some problem - I blame Kath !!!
After a 40 minute delay we were off and 3 hours later after numerous glasses of rosé wine we are now being transferred by private taxi to Rome centre. It's hot sunny and we all need to strip off !
Arrived at hotel and booked in, now lets find Rome !
A quick five minute walk round the corner saw us arrive at Piazza Navona where we all sat in the baking hot sun in a street cafe having ice ...
I've got faith, faith of the heart
... and the pizza I had was awesome. Italian pizza is defiantly different to that back home. There's a lot less on them, but more whole ingredients. For instance, rather than chopped up ham, they just stick on an entire slice of prosciutto. I think a happy medium of the traditional and the American way of doing it is the best way. Some places back home are starting to take this up too. After lunch we had to walk back out of the Vatican, around it's walls to re-enter Piazza San ...
Explorations of Roma
... It is a wonderful place to spend some time.
Next we make our way towards the Pantheon where we will be meeting up with our tour guide. On our way, we stop for a snack at a tavola calda and also for some gelato for the three kids. Never a missed opportunity for gelato in Rome! When we arrive at the Pantheon we stroll around checking out the sights and sounds. We do a little people watching and check out the exterior of the building. At our ...
I cried.
Well, reality has finally sunk in and hit me like a ton of bricks. Last night was Michelle's last night; - she left a day earlier than the rest of us - we went to our favorite pizza place, Monte Carlos, then walked to Piazza Navona (one of my top favorite places in Rome) with Nikki & Orela and reminisced..... then Michelle and I had to get gelato together one last time so we headed to the best place in Rome, near ...
Walking off the pizza and pasta
... been the day before. We'd missed it, but tickets were all reserved months in advance anyway. The inside of the basilica was gorgeous, with beautifully carved statues and many different colours of marble inlaid into the walls and floor.
We walked along a large, very fashionable street to the Piazza of the Popes on our way home. It was a bit disappointing, since it was under construction and it wasn't as pretty with all that in the way. So we hopped on the metro and went ...
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