We asked a man to point to the direction of the Colosseum, and he laughed and led us to the door of the station and said "Di Colesseo!"
It was MASSIVE.
What a sight for our first step into Rome.
Our first stop was definitly the Colosseum. We walked inside the lower level first, then the top.
It was such an amazing piece of ancient architecture. Each stone was placed by the hands of people who lived centuries ago. Wow. The amount of attention to detail was amazing.After this, we decided to start looking for some real dinner. Airplane food just wasn't cutting it.
Dinner places open at 19:00 here, which is 7pm - later than Americans eat. We arrived at our planned dinner spot slightly disappointed because was 16:00 and they weren't open yet.
So we got Gelato instead :)
It was the best ice cream I had ever had. Chocolate and tiramasu. Mmmm....
We decided to get a taxi back to our bed and breakfast. Roma dirvers are crazy here! They squeeze in wherever they can fit at high speeds which also makes for some intense braking. So fun!
We arrived at St. Peters Vacancy B&B around 19:30 and were pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome of a young husband and wife and their newborn son. The room was similar to a room in a house; down the hall from the kitchen and living room and across from our private bathroom.
Oh! And almost all of the furniture was from IKEA! :D
We decided to try to get our bearings and lay on the bed reading Rick Steve's guidebook. This turned into a two hour nap.
We woke up groggy, jet lagged and starving.
So we walked down the street to the Guinness Pub to grab something to eat.
Angelo got salmon pasta in red sauce and I got grilled ham and cheese. Mmm. We both got our first glasses of Italian wine. Red for him, white for me. So good!
After we finished, we decided to hit the hay and headed back to our room for the night.
So ciao for today! More tomorrow!
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