devarae
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Friday September 29
There are five of us travelling on this trip: me, my husband Bob, my brother, and my parents. Mom, Bob and I were in Rome a few years ago for three nights, but Dad and my brother have never been.
We made it to Rome! The flight (Delta from Boston) was very smooth, no delays, the seats were relatively comfortable and the meals were decent. There were long lines to get passports processed but they moved us through very quickly. Our AirBnB host had arranged a car to pick us up and we were grateful for it!
Our apartment is lovely and palatial (if a bit grander than my tastes). It's on the third European floor, but there's a small lift which was welcome as my Mom has some knee issues, as does Bob. The space is vast and has very high ceilings, quite impressive! One side looks out on the busy Viale di Trastevere, Piazza Sidney Sonnino, and the other side looks out on a quieter back ares. There are three bedrooms and two large bathrooms, plus an extra toilet. The kitchen seems reasonably well stocked! The bedroom my parents are in has a cute balcony with a small table!
It was still only around 11 am by the time we were checked in and unpacked, so my brother and Bob took naps while my parents and I got some groceries from a nearby Carrefour. I got some staples, plus some fixings for salads and pasta at home for later.
After we got back we decided nap a bit as well. None of us had slept well if at all on the plane.
But I rarely nap well so eventually I woke and Mom and I walked around the corner to a famous cookie shop I had wanted to visit, and got a sampling of delicious sweets. I had some with tea back home while other folks eventually woke and showered.
Once we were all mostly human again, we walked through some of the touristy parts of Trastevere then across the Ponto Sisto and over to admire the Pantheon from outside and see the elephant obelisk. Then we had dinner at Buddy Vegan restaurant (everyone but Bob and I are vegan). It was quite good and the service was great. I had a beyond burger and everyone else had vegan pizzas.
After that Bob and I took a detour for gelato from Fatamorgana. We both wanted to order baklava gelato as one of our flavors and we both messed up our orders, overwhelmed by choices, and ended up with something different! But it was still good. I had ricotta with fig and ricotta with cacao. Bob had milk chocolate and some sort of nut-elderflower flavor.
We walked home past Santa Maria in Trastevere and enjoyed the people watching, music and street art.
I slept a bit then woke up ravenous and out of sorts at midnight so I'm having some pistachio yogurt and typing this up! The weather was perfect when we were out earlier but has now been pouring and thundering. Hopefully it will clear before we head out on tomorrow's adventures...!
Tomorrow is a slow recovery day in any case, with nothing planned. I am looking forward to it as I have been a bit stressed with anxiety as the main "planner" of the trip. I probably need more sleep!
Photos of the cookies, some street art, and my midnight snack in the fancy apartment. I didn't take a lot of photos today...
There are five of us travelling on this trip: me, my husband Bob, my brother, and my parents. Mom, Bob and I were in Rome a few years ago for three nights, but Dad and my brother have never been.
We made it to Rome! The flight (Delta from Boston) was very smooth, no delays, the seats were relatively comfortable and the meals were decent. There were long lines to get passports processed but they moved us through very quickly. Our AirBnB host had arranged a car to pick us up and we were grateful for it!
Our apartment is lovely and palatial (if a bit grander than my tastes). It's on the third European floor, but there's a small lift which was welcome as my Mom has some knee issues, as does Bob. The space is vast and has very high ceilings, quite impressive! One side looks out on the busy Viale di Trastevere, Piazza Sidney Sonnino, and the other side looks out on a quieter back ares. There are three bedrooms and two large bathrooms, plus an extra toilet. The kitchen seems reasonably well stocked! The bedroom my parents are in has a cute balcony with a small table!
It was still only around 11 am by the time we were checked in and unpacked, so my brother and Bob took naps while my parents and I got some groceries from a nearby Carrefour. I got some staples, plus some fixings for salads and pasta at home for later.
After we got back we decided nap a bit as well. None of us had slept well if at all on the plane.
But I rarely nap well so eventually I woke and Mom and I walked around the corner to a famous cookie shop I had wanted to visit, and got a sampling of delicious sweets. I had some with tea back home while other folks eventually woke and showered.
Once we were all mostly human again, we walked through some of the touristy parts of Trastevere then across the Ponto Sisto and over to admire the Pantheon from outside and see the elephant obelisk. Then we had dinner at Buddy Vegan restaurant (everyone but Bob and I are vegan). It was quite good and the service was great. I had a beyond burger and everyone else had vegan pizzas.
After that Bob and I took a detour for gelato from Fatamorgana. We both wanted to order baklava gelato as one of our flavors and we both messed up our orders, overwhelmed by choices, and ended up with something different! But it was still good. I had ricotta with fig and ricotta with cacao. Bob had milk chocolate and some sort of nut-elderflower flavor.
We walked home past Santa Maria in Trastevere and enjoyed the people watching, music and street art.
I slept a bit then woke up ravenous and out of sorts at midnight so I'm having some pistachio yogurt and typing this up! The weather was perfect when we were out earlier but has now been pouring and thundering. Hopefully it will clear before we head out on tomorrow's adventures...!
Tomorrow is a slow recovery day in any case, with nothing planned. I am looking forward to it as I have been a bit stressed with anxiety as the main "planner" of the trip. I probably need more sleep!
Photos of the cookies, some street art, and my midnight snack in the fancy apartment. I didn't take a lot of photos today...
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