11/27/2006 4:00 PM
What an amazing day. We slept in, due to the fact that we were up from 1am-4am….we are almost over our jet lag! Yeah! We then proceeded out to the plaza in Campo de Fiori (a 1 minute jaunt) where it was transformed from a bustling party plaza the night before into a huge open air market, full of fresh flowers, fruit, and even mobile butcher shops! We bought some bright red strawberries and then followed a narrow street down to a bread shop we had visited the day before. There, we added to our breakfast; a fresh apple and walnut turnover for me (it was so fresh, that I even bit into a stray walnut shell!) and Em chose the chocolate croissant.
We then headed over to a small hole in the wall café (which most are in Rome), where we ordered 2 café lattes and stood at the bar as we drank them, which is customary in Rome.
After that it was off to wait for the #62 bus. We waited, and waited, looking at the electronic sign, which said it was only minutes away. Once the sign no longer posted #62 as an arriving bus, we decided the 20 minutes we wasted was long enough. We then hopped on these tour buses that just go around the city and stop at 10 different locations. You can get on and off all day long, and it has headphones so you can hear the audio of the tour. And it’s a double-decker! Cool!
We rode that for a while and decided to get off the bus once we hit the Coliseum. We wrote about that earlier, but it was just spectacular the sites there. We went from the Coliseum to the Forum, which is right across the street. The Forum is full of the archeological treasures of ancient Rome, from the famous Arch of Titus to the picturesque tria columna of the Temple of Castor and Pollux. It was extremely fun , yet powerful.
We then enjoyed a late lunch at a small pizzeria, where Em decided that a meat dish looked good, but after finding out that it was an additional 9 euros and that it didn’t taste too good to her, I had to choke it down to get my money’s worth! At least I wasn’t hungry aftwards!
Finally, we walked and walked, trying to find somewhere where we could get wireless. Rome needs to go WiFi….you would think it’s some kind of ancient city or something. Well, praise be to God, as he lead us to a small café called News Café, where as long as you ordered something, you could you their high-speed WiFi for free. We were able to see our precious girls and video chat with them, and give Emilee’s mom and dad an update. It’s only been a couple of days, yet we dearly miss our girls! These next few weeks are going to be tough!
Well, that’s enough for now. We are off to bed, as we have a big day tomorrow visiting Vatican City, and then preparing ourselves for the trip to Ethiopia.
What an amazing day. We slept in, due to the fact that we were up from 1am-4am….we are almost over our jet lag! Yeah! We then proceeded out to the plaza in Campo de Fiori (a 1 minute jaunt) where it was transformed from a bustling party plaza the night before into a huge open air market, full of fresh flowers, fruit, and even mobile butcher shops! We bought some bright red strawberries and then followed a narrow street down to a bread shop we had visited the day before. There, we added to our breakfast; a fresh apple and walnut turnover for me (it was so fresh, that I even bit into a stray walnut shell!) and Em chose the chocolate croissant.
We then headed over to a small hole in the wall café (which most are in Rome), where we ordered 2 café lattes and stood at the bar as we drank them, which is customary in Rome.
After that it was off to wait for the #62 bus. We waited, and waited, looking at the electronic sign, which said it was only minutes away. Once the sign no longer posted #62 as an arriving bus, we decided the 20 minutes we wasted was long enough. We then hopped on these tour buses that just go around the city and stop at 10 different locations. You can get on and off all day long, and it has headphones so you can hear the audio of the tour. And it’s a double-decker! Cool!
We rode that for a while and decided to get off the bus once we hit the Coliseum. We wrote about that earlier, but it was just spectacular the sites there. We went from the Coliseum to the Forum, which is right across the street. The Forum is full of the archeological treasures of ancient Rome, from the famous Arch of Titus to the picturesque tria columna of the Temple of Castor and Pollux. It was extremely fun , yet powerful.
We then enjoyed a late lunch at a small pizzeria, where Em decided that a meat dish looked good, but after finding out that it was an additional 9 euros and that it didn’t taste too good to her, I had to choke it down to get my money’s worth! At least I wasn’t hungry aftwards!
Finally, we walked and walked, trying to find somewhere where we could get wireless. Rome needs to go WiFi….you would think it’s some kind of ancient city or something. Well, praise be to God, as he lead us to a small café called News Café, where as long as you ordered something, you could you their high-speed WiFi for free. We were able to see our precious girls and video chat with them, and give Emilee’s mom and dad an update. It’s only been a couple of days, yet we dearly miss our girls! These next few weeks are going to be tough!
Well, that’s enough for now. We are off to bed, as we have a big day tomorrow visiting Vatican City, and then preparing ourselves for the trip to Ethiopia.
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