After taking a 6:30am flight to Ciampino Airport, we arrived at our Bed and Breakfast in Rome around 1pm on Saturday, October 6. When we got there, we were told there was a problem with the toilet, so we were being moved to the sister Bed and Breakfast. It actually worked out really well because that one was in the area, but way closer to the Metro stop. Our room was very nice and clean and Renata, our host, spoke English and was very helpful. After all our traveling, we were exhausted, but we wanted to start sightseeing right away. We had lunch outdoors at a small Italian cafe and then went to see the Colosseum. The Colosseum was amazing and extremely impressive. Unfortunately, it rained while we were exploring the Colosseum. It was still fun though. Afterwards, we walked around and saw the Roman forum and Roman ruins. We saw the Trevi Fountain and I threw in 3 coins. We had some Roman pizza for dinner and it was delicious.
On Sunday, Katie and I planned to take a hop-on hop-off bus tour while Diana met up with her cousin. However, Diana's cousin had planned to give us a personalized tour of the city. Anna took us to many great sites -- the Pantheon, piazzas, a hill overlooking the city -- and gave us a great tour of Rome. Later, we met up with Anna's nephew Gianpaolo and his girlfriend Daniela, who joined us on the tour. Anna invited us back to her home for dinner. Her house was a huge, gorgeous Italian villa, and it even had a gated driveway. We had an amazing dinner of pasta, lettuce wraps, cheese and pineapple, crackers and dip, and Sicilian desserts. It was a lot of fun. After dinner, Anna's husband Carlo and Gianpaolo drove us back to our bed and breakfast, but they made stops along the way to give us the nighttime tour of Rome. We stopped on 2 hills that overlooked the city and we saw a street where a famous politician was killed in the 1970s. It was a great day and we truly got a good feel for Rome.
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