Colosseum
Yvonne & Dan @ Colosseum
Roman Forum
Today we did more than 13 miles of walking!! We started the day off with a tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill. We used a tour company called Walks of Italy and they did a really nice job of walking us through the ancient ruins. Once we wrapped up our tour we explored things some more on our own and eventually took off to grab some food. We walked over towards the Pantheon where we grabbed a Salami and Cheese sandwich at Antica Salumeria. We enjoyed the sandwich while sitting in the square then walked into the Pantheon to check it out. We sat inside for awhile to have some rest and enjoy the shade as by now it was mid-afternoon and pretty warm outside.
Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) @ Piazza Novona
After the Pantheon, we walked a few blocks over to enjoy some coffee at Caffé Sant’Eustacchio and also tried the coffee across the way at Cafè et Caffè. Both were our first good Italian coffee of the trip. From the coffee shops we checked out Piazza Navona. We sat here for some rest and people watching. We started to get a little hungry and tried to find a place we wanted to try and found it to be closed. So instead we went to nearby Giolitti for some gelato. We walked back home from there across all of Rome (more or less) and then rested for a bit at home. It was a long day with us spending the entire morning in an around the ancient ruins, then heading over to the Pantheon to then only have to walk back across town to head home.
Night Time @ Colosseum
For dinner we walked to a nearby place called La Carbonara, but neither of us ordered the carbonara (which we later realized we should have given that dish to be the specialty of Rome). Instead we had some amazing cheese along with two great pastas one with an extremely memorable pistachio sauce. We will try to replicate this when we get home. After dinner we walked back over to the Colosseum for some nigh time shots and to just sit outside and enjoy a really nice evening.
Colosseum @ Night