roma, part three

Our third day in rome had us roaming all about to various sites all throughout the city, the trevi fountain, pantheon, piazza navona with the church of st. agnes, and campo de' fiori and its market filled with local goods and fresh foods and herbs, it was here where I found olive oil and a few other things to bring home. it was drizzling out that day so we spent most of the day walking quickly from site to site and touring as many indoor buildings we could. of course while taking plenty of photos. we did most of our souvenior shopping that day, peeking into different little shops here and there. The next day was going to be long so we went back to the hotel a bit early to pack up. 

Saturday was our last day in rome, we checked out at noon but left our bags at the hotel until that later that evening when we were to catch a train to the airport. we took our time in the morning making sure all the liquids being brought back fit correctly and were secure enough not to be broken and on my part looking for more room to bring home just a little more pasta. it was a beautiful day that day, the sun was shining and there were just a few clouds in the sky. we walked leisurely to the spanish steps and found a cafe to eat at right at the bottom. afterwards we trekked over to a piazza de popolo and from there found our way up some hidden steps and suddenly came upon a huge park with incredible veiws of the city. oh it was so fun. a little man with an accordian was playing as we took photos and took in the view then found a cute little place to grab a cannoli and our last gelato. there were families everywhere, we definiely had found a spot the locals go. there were tons of children on bikes and roller blades- yes roller blades, they were a big deal -they were having competitions and there was a man I'd say in his sixties or seventies spinning circles around the youngin's! it was awesome. we later found ourselves a bench and just laid back and relaxed. I found shapes in the clouds because when do you really get to do that anymore and I think tabitha read. we stayed there until it started to chill down and it was about the time we needed to walk back to find somewhere to eat. we ate our last italian meal at a resturant in campo de' fiori, I hadn't had pesto pasta yet so I ordered that and had my first ever tiramisu for dessert, both were excellent. our server was hilarious, in fact just about all our servers all along the trip loved to laugh with us. italians really are hospitable that way, you felt like you were in someones home, it was very nice. an other thing, a side note, is that as kind as they were the service is so much different from in the states- in italy, and maybe throughout europe but I woudln't know, they generally don't bother you at the table more than just to take your order or clear your empty plates and you have to flag someone down when you want the check. that was why it was always so easy to make our meals last a couple of hours. we really milked out that last meal and ended up half running to our hotel so we wouldn't miss our trains. we didn't and we stayed the night in the airport before our six am flight. 

After quite the interesting journey home- more so on my part I had a little flight cancellation issue upon arrival at lax but we wont worry about that here- I was happy again to see my family, leia and after forty-eight hours of no sleep my bed to dream of italy. 

until we meet again italy. you were lovely. arrivederci