ROME TRIP

Here are some pictures from our highly anticipated trip to Rome. It was comforting to know we could skip the long lines to Vatican city, since we'd both seen it before. We had a fantasic time in Rome, can't imagine how it wouldn't be possible. It felt like we checked out almost all neighborhoods and aspects of the city. We averaged around 7 miles walking each day, due to the city having only two metro lines. It was also nice to get some good Chinese and Korean food for a change.

Day One: We woke up at five a.m. to catch a seven a.m. flight to Rome, about a 45 min flight. We checked into our bed and breakfest, which was a few blocks off termini train station, we then walked around our neighborhood, which was filled with asian markets. Since it was overcast we dicided it would be a good day to be tourist. We walked down to the Colossium and Roman Forum, cutting through parks along the way. We had lunch at Greek Cafe called "Cafe Cafe" just behind the Colossium. We ate some hummus and salad, keeping it light knowing we'd be eating some of the best pizza in Rome later on. After lunch we went into the Colosium, we then walked to Trevi Fountain and checked out shops along the way. Threw a Euro into the Fountain and headed to the Spanish Steps, a short walk from the fountain. We walked to the top of the steps and continued up hill along the public park, which over looked the entire city. We then headed back down and walked along the Tiber river, stopping to grab a cappiccino. We had read about a pizzeria called Remo, which was just south of the city. We had two magarita pizzas and a Rigatoni alla Amatriciana, after dinner we walked back to the Colossium to grab the metro. At this time the 5 a.m. wake up was really htting us, so we called it night.

Day Two: Had some great Chinese food for lunch, we then walked to the Trastevere neighborhood just across the river, probably a three mile walk. Checked out Trastevere walking along cobbled streets lined with ivy-draped shops. The neighborhood was filled with excellent shops from coffee to clothes. We then headed back down to the river, walking along its banks onto a island housing a church. With the sun setting we headed to the restaurant Le Mani in Pasta. We fested on excellent octopus salad, carbonara, once again amatriciana, and chocolate cake, truley a great meal. We then begain our walk back to the B&B seeing Circo Massimo and the Colosium at night.

Day 3: We decided to check out the famous campo de fiori market which was small but very good. For lunch we had some Roman style sheet pizza, which we ate on some church steps. After lunch we then checked out the clothing shops in the ghetto. For dinner we ate at Gustos, a huge but cute speciality shop and four section restaurant. We dinned on steak tartar, linguini with clams, and yes amatriciana. After we went to relax on the spanish steps that night. Again we had to walk all the way back to our hotel. The metro closes at 12 a.m. every night, and we always missed it, but gave a chance to see a lot more and take photos along the way.

Day 4: Headed down to San Giovanni market early in the morning, we heard it was a great place to get cheap clothes. The market was huge over 150 stalls pilled with new and vintage clothing. The market was so big we decided to leave and grab some lunch at a really nice japanese restaurant, and then headed back again. After the market closed down we headed to a couple churches, housing religious relics. We then headed to the pantheon and ate at the near by restaurant Trattoria.

Day 5: Ate Korean food for lunch and then headed to the train station to go back to Milan.