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When in Rome

written by robin

Well, after a few days of strugling with the free wi-fi and having no luck, the owner of the BandB was nice enough to let me use his computer.

So, here I sit to give you a little update on our comings and goings.  My friend/writer Christine alerted me to an inernet cafe a few blocks from our home, which I hope to make a visit to today, so that I can post some pictures!

Honesty, what is a trip to Rome without the pictures-of which I think I have at least 400 at this point.

So far this is what we have done:

– Got stranded in the train station with no lines running and took the most delicious taxi ride, our driver pointing out the best sites

-Rode the bus for the first time in Rome and got on in the wrong direction

– Devoured gelato, twice a day

– Saw an Italian wedding while sitting in the Santa Maria of Trastevere church

– Met with about 10 writers/bloggers at an apartment in Garbatella, where we enjoyed an Italian food demonstation and the best food and wine I have had in Rome

– Eaten cacio e pepe, pasta all'amatriciana and abbacchio scottadito

– Wandered the streets of Trastevere

– Told lovingly by the Pharmasist, who sold me sunscreen, to lose weight for my health

– Have blisters on my blisters from all the walking

– Have spoken Italian and been understood

- Rode the bus, sans air-conditioning, in 90 degrees at rush hour with hundreds of Romans- and lived to ride again

– Bought a pretty Murano glass bracelet

– Had dinner with Jessica from WhyGoItaly at a local trat behind the Piazza Navona

– Strolled the Via Giulia, one of the oldest and prettiest streets in Rome; and of course took lovely pictures

– Got the finger wag from a Carabinieri when I tried to take his picture

– Was shooshed away from taking a picture of a door in our neighborhood by an official Italian somebody-or-other. 

– Saw the Colosseo, Piazza Venezia, Forum and Fori Imperiale all lit up at nite

– Witnessed a butcher hard at work

– Visited the Pantheon

– Walked around the Campo dei Fiori market and bought some delicious cherries

– Have eaten our weight n Pizza Bianca and Pizza al Taglia

– Sniffed every jasmine plant trellising over walls, which perfume the entire city

– Sampled the best cappuccino in the city

– Shared an espresso granita con panna (with whipped cream) at the historic Tazza d'Oro cafe

I am sure there is so much more, but for now- that will give you some idea.

I promise several other posts, provided I can get my machooked up at the internet point today, includin some with photos and one with specifica of our BandB, which we do love, and is in a great location in Monti. We can walk out the door, look down the road and see a slice f the Colloseum as the backgound.

Pictures, website and other details on that to follow!

Thanks for hanging in with me- and as always, if you want more of a play-by-play, you can follow on Twitter.

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