Look at these guys !!! All dressed up for our first night out in Rome. But, I get ahead of myself...
After getting our stuff in the apt, we headed out to see the Coliseum and the Forum. It started raining and thundering so we skipped the forum and headed back to the apt where....
Jet Lag got us.
After a nice nap, we headed out to dinner and for a night walk. The Enoteca Del Frate was a great little wine bar and restaurant that our hosts recommended. Just around the corner with a giant wine selection and some tasty classic Italian food.
After a nice bottle of Vino Rosso, we headed out for a night walk down the very touristy and fun central streets of Rome. Lots of road side bars, and guys selling junk, and then we hit our first stop - the Trevi Fountain ! but...
It was closed for renovation. How could they do this to Cyndi ? After much sadness, she still attempted to toss the coin into the empty fountain over the temporary fencing they put up, which resulted in her hitting her hand on the fence and injuring it...
Earlier in the day Cyn had also hurt her foot (cant recall now what everyday incident led to that injury), but it was at this point that Debra decided to scratch any thoughts of renting Vespas. I mean, she hurt herself tossing a coin, right ?
We continued to the Piazza Novona, where we had some gelato and red wine. Out on the Piazza some guy offered to light up my pants ! That doesn't happen every day.
We walked back to the apt and crashed hard at around midnight. The apt has great windows to open up, and the night air has been very cool for sleeping. We immediately drifted off to sleep, when around 4:30 am I was awoken by some baby elephants having a fight, or some large throated mutant baby children crying, or ... what IS that ??? It's Seagulls ! Oh yea, I guess this place is pretty close to the ocean.
These guys are noisy and some of the sounds are just weird. Here's one of the little buggers hanging out on the skylight...
Day two, we took our time getting going and then headed out for the Vatican. Only a ten minute walk from the apt. We spent all day from noon until 5:00 pm there - Museum, Sistine Chappelle, St Peters Basilica where Jordyn talked us into climbing to the top of the dome (400 steps). The Museum is long and winding, and by the time you are approaching the Sistine Chappelle, you find yourself sprinting past Chagall paintings in a completely culture saturated state...
They should have stopped the bust above the, uh... bust.
Views from the top of the dome looking out over Piazza St Pietro.
Artistic shot from Joshua inside St Peters Basilica.
Family Selfie out on the Piazza. We headed back home, picked up some fresh food at the Market, and had a home made delicious dinner in the Apt.
Josh, inspired by Rome, decided to stay in the apt and write - while the rest of us headed out for a night walk - it was wonderfully cool, and we walked over to Piazza Popola, down Via Del Corso and over to the Spanish Steps. Cyndi and Jordyn accepted a "free" rose from a guy.... oops, that was a mistake. The guy was then stuck to them like glue asking for money until they finally gave him back the rose.
We headed down one of the small streets and had some wine and gelato at the table where the random dude is sitting behind the lovely Deb and Jordyn in this photo. Watching the Romans go by and listening to the animated waiters across the street cracking each-other up telling stories about what I am sure was some silly American tourists while sipping some Nobile de Montelpuciano. nice.
Satisfied, we walked back to the apt to catch some sleep before the baby elephants came out....
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