The next day in Rome we decided to wander around and try and see some of the more famous Roma sites. On our list we had the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps so we set out with our map and trusty compass to see what we could see.
In typical Matt and Caz fashion, we had picked a vague direction to head in rather than looking for street names or anything so became a bit lost rather quickly. Then of course, I decided that I was busting to go to the loo so we found the nearest pub and headed in. It was a cool Irish Pub with lovely Irish bar staff so it wasn't such a horrible thing in the end. While I pretty much ran towards the ladies room, Matt got us a couple of pints of Bulmers and started talking to the guy sitting next to him at the bar. Turned out he was this really cool dude who worked as an interpreter for the police. He knew about 10 languages fluently including Italian (his native tongue), French, German, Spanish, Dutch, English, a couple of Nordic languages and Chinese! He was a pretty interesing fella and we talked to him for awhile about different languages and the challenges we were having to remember even a few words in each different country we visited!
After our refreshment break, we headed back on and stumbled on some signs for the Pantheon which we found after about 5 minutes. What a beautiful building! This was one place where there didn't seem to be hordes of rude American tour groups so we were able to actually enjoy looking around and taking our time. I was just amazed by the dome and stared at that for a good 5 minutes until my neck started hurting!
After the Pantheon, we headed in the direction of the Trevi Fountain. We found it pretty quickly but had to fight for a photo op position with about 5 billion other people! Would hate to see how crowded it gets in the busy part of the tourist season!!! We tossed our coins in so we know we will definitely be back in Roma in the future! YAY! Its been my fave place so far!
After the Trevi, we headed towards the Spanish Steps which I thought would be really spectacular but, to my poor tired brain, they just looked like some steps. However, the view from the top was fantastic and we got to have some fun laughing at people posing for photos! heheheheh
For dinner that night, we just headed back to our fave restaurant for some pizza and pasta which was divine! They recognised us and were extra nice to us because we'd become sort of locals! Of course, I finished the meal with another espresso!
Another good day in Roma complete!
In typical Matt and Caz fashion, we had picked a vague direction to head in rather than looking for street names or anything so became a bit lost rather quickly. Then of course, I decided that I was busting to go to the loo so we found the nearest pub and headed in. It was a cool Irish Pub with lovely Irish bar staff so it wasn't such a horrible thing in the end. While I pretty much ran towards the ladies room, Matt got us a couple of pints of Bulmers and started talking to the guy sitting next to him at the bar. Turned out he was this really cool dude who worked as an interpreter for the police. He knew about 10 languages fluently including Italian (his native tongue), French, German, Spanish, Dutch, English, a couple of Nordic languages and Chinese! He was a pretty interesing fella and we talked to him for awhile about different languages and the challenges we were having to remember even a few words in each different country we visited!
After our refreshment break, we headed back on and stumbled on some signs for the Pantheon which we found after about 5 minutes. What a beautiful building! This was one place where there didn't seem to be hordes of rude American tour groups so we were able to actually enjoy looking around and taking our time. I was just amazed by the dome and stared at that for a good 5 minutes until my neck started hurting!
After the Pantheon, we headed in the direction of the Trevi Fountain. We found it pretty quickly but had to fight for a photo op position with about 5 billion other people! Would hate to see how crowded it gets in the busy part of the tourist season!!! We tossed our coins in so we know we will definitely be back in Roma in the future! YAY! Its been my fave place so far!
After the Trevi, we headed towards the Spanish Steps which I thought would be really spectacular but, to my poor tired brain, they just looked like some steps. However, the view from the top was fantastic and we got to have some fun laughing at people posing for photos! heheheheh
For dinner that night, we just headed back to our fave restaurant for some pizza and pasta which was divine! They recognised us and were extra nice to us because we'd become sort of locals! Of course, I finished the meal with another espresso!
Another good day in Roma complete!
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