Guess what? Its raining in Rome. Typical.
We made it to our hotel, Hotel Saint John. Its really close to the Colosseum so we just walked down there. Actually the San Clemente Church is right across the street, I didn't bring pants with me though so I need to get something to cover up my knees because all I have in my wardrobe are dresses. I have a cover for my shoulders, I was told that before I left but I read in many books today thats its proper to have your knees covered as well.
Since today is Sunday a lot of places are closed but we did stop at this small place down the street for lunch, Kyle got pizza which he wasn't too impressed with. He's too spoiled with Naples pizza now, hes ruined for life with all other pizza places. I just got the house insalata caprese (caprese salad), the mozzarella di bufala (buffalo mozzarella) is heavenly over here!
Dad you would be
proud, I asked Kyle if he knew if this wall we walked by was reinforced
or unreinforced and he knew the answer right away as well as the reason
behind it! I told him how we eventually made a joke about that question in our family because its been asked so many times.
Arco di Costantino (Arch of Constantine). I absolutely love this arch, it has so much iconography in it and many stories are told through the sculpted pieces all over it. So decorative!
The Forum was right across the street and we walked around for a bit but it really started raining hard so we headed back to the hotel to dry off and look through the books for a place to eat for dinner. We also got to Skype with Kyles family, it was really nice seeing them too! We looked through the books for a place to go to dinner over by the Trevi Fountain. Kyle routed us there but the place we were trying to go to was closed. But luckily its Italy, so there were plenty of other places close by. We just went to the one next door, I got gnocchi! Delizioso!
The Trevi Fountain was beautiful at night, all lit up, same with the spanish steps. And we had an amazing view of the city from the top of the steps. We started counting them but kept getting distracted and eventually gave up. It was raining pretty bad by then so we just took the metro back, which was perfect timing because they close the metro here at 11:30, meaning the trains stop then. Not like New York where you can still hop on a train at 11:30, you need to be already on your way to your destination before they just stop running.
♥ Mae
We made it to our hotel, Hotel Saint John. Its really close to the Colosseum so we just walked down there. Actually the San Clemente Church is right across the street, I didn't bring pants with me though so I need to get something to cover up my knees because all I have in my wardrobe are dresses. I have a cover for my shoulders, I was told that before I left but I read in many books today thats its proper to have your knees covered as well.
Since today is Sunday a lot of places are closed but we did stop at this small place down the street for lunch, Kyle got pizza which he wasn't too impressed with. He's too spoiled with Naples pizza now, hes ruined for life with all other pizza places. I just got the house insalata caprese (caprese salad), the mozzarella di bufala (buffalo mozzarella) is heavenly over here!
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| L for Laura! This was laying on the street and of course I had to pick it up, Kyle thought it was gross that I picked up a sign off the street. He's going to have to get used to that! |
After lunch we headed over to the Colosseum, that place is huge!! Seriously it looks big in photos but dang, up close is unreal! The place wasn't too crowded because of the rain, and it was Sunday. So we made it inside pretty fast, no wait really.
The Forum was right across the street and we walked around for a bit but it really started raining hard so we headed back to the hotel to dry off and look through the books for a place to eat for dinner. We also got to Skype with Kyles family, it was really nice seeing them too! We looked through the books for a place to go to dinner over by the Trevi Fountain. Kyle routed us there but the place we were trying to go to was closed. But luckily its Italy, so there were plenty of other places close by. We just went to the one next door, I got gnocchi! Delizioso!
The Trevi Fountain was beautiful at night, all lit up, same with the spanish steps. And we had an amazing view of the city from the top of the steps. We started counting them but kept getting distracted and eventually gave up. It was raining pretty bad by then so we just took the metro back, which was perfect timing because they close the metro here at 11:30, meaning the trains stop then. Not like New York where you can still hop on a train at 11:30, you need to be already on your way to your destination before they just stop running.
♥ Mae
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