Italy, italy, italy...so far kind of gay, but we have had some pretty cool experiences.
We started in Rome last Wednesday and spent three nights there. Our hostel was a 10 minute walk to the Colliseum, which was the first major thing we saw. It was pretty cool to see such old ruins (even though they have been rebuilt like 3 times) and we learned about how gladiators used to fight each other to the death...as you may know from Russell Crowe. We saw the Pantheon, which was really beautiful on the inside, and we visited the famous
Trevi fountain, which was huge and also a very humbling sight. Afte
r all the touristy stuff we walked around and found some cute little restaurant for the pasta of the day and our first taste of trippa (TRIPE!) alla romagna and spent the rest of the evening exploring the city, which was packed with tons of people doing exactly the same thing.
We went to the Vatican the following day to explore our Catholic roots, and were able to wait in an hour and a half long line in the rain just to get into th
e city. We saw the Sistine chapel, and slyly took some illegal photos of Michaelangelo's ceiling. We got to go into St. Peter's Basilica and saw a bunch of Papal statues, our favorite one being the preserved body of some pope (most likely a John),
in a glass encased tomb. Pretty awesome. We tried our first Italian gelatto which is delicious, as you can see from the picture of Ethan.
Later that night we returned to the main part of Rome and got to see a night view of the Colliseum which was even cooler looking than during the day. The city has so much old ruins a
nd ancient architecture it was hard to believe that we were in a contemporary place at times. We enjoyed a really awesome authentic Jewish inspired Italian dinner in the Jewish ghetto, actually a really cool neighborhood, that we got a recommendation for. We ordered an amazingly rich fettucini pasta dish with fresh gooey ricotta cheese and a cheese and pepper sauce, which is a R
ome regional dish. We also had excellent oxtail that was falling off the bones. The house wine in Italy is pretty good, usually Chianti, and still cheap. We discovered the hip part of Rome to hang out on our last night and wished we had found it earlier because the historical part of the city gets pretty dead after dinner.
We were anxious to get to Tuscany to find a more quaint city, as Rome is very large and full of pushy Italians and loads of tourists. Florence was our next stop and our train was on Saturday morning.
We started in Rome last Wednesday and spent three nights there. Our hostel was a 10 minute walk to the Colliseum, which was the first major thing we saw. It was pretty cool to see such old ruins (even though they have been rebuilt like 3 times) and we learned about how gladiators used to fight each other to the death...as you may know from Russell Crowe. We saw the Pantheon, which was really beautiful on the inside, and we visited the famous
Trevi fountain, which was huge and also a very humbling sight. Afte
r all the touristy stuff we walked around and found some cute little restaurant for the pasta of the day and our first taste of trippa (TRIPE!) alla romagna and spent the rest of the evening exploring the city, which was packed with tons of people doing exactly the same thing.We went to the Vatican the following day to explore our Catholic roots, and were able to wait in an hour and a half long line in the rain just to get into th
e city. We saw the Sistine chapel, and slyly took some illegal photos of Michaelangelo's ceiling. We got to go into St. Peter's Basilica and saw a bunch of Papal statues, our favorite one being the preserved body of some pope (most likely a John),
in a glass encased tomb. Pretty awesome. We tried our first Italian gelatto which is delicious, as you can see from the picture of Ethan.Later that night we returned to the main part of Rome and got to see a night view of the Colliseum which was even cooler looking than during the day. The city has so much old ruins a
nd ancient architecture it was hard to believe that we were in a contemporary place at times. We enjoyed a really awesome authentic Jewish inspired Italian dinner in the Jewish ghetto, actually a really cool neighborhood, that we got a recommendation for. We ordered an amazingly rich fettucini pasta dish with fresh gooey ricotta cheese and a cheese and pepper sauce, which is a R
ome regional dish. We also had excellent oxtail that was falling off the bones. The house wine in Italy is pretty good, usually Chianti, and still cheap. We discovered the hip part of Rome to hang out on our last night and wished we had found it earlier because the historical part of the city gets pretty dead after dinner.We were anxious to get to Tuscany to find a more quaint city, as Rome is very large and full of pushy Italians and loads of tourists. Florence was our next stop and our train was on Saturday morning.
2 comments:
Mmm...tripe! I guess Ethan really seem to like that ice cream cone, too...Also, that is so cool you atually got to throw a coin in the Trevi fountain! Jenny, I am going to the Cheese store on Thursday from 2:30-4:00, and have no class before or after then and have no class on Friday, so call me anytime then or the weekend.
sounds good. Get some aged gouda, trust me its amazing and nutty and caramelly. Ill do my best to call.
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