Tried to get to the bus for the Appian Way today - packed the mortadella as a picnic lunch - graham kept complaining about the weight of the back pack - couldn’t find the bus, but stumbled upon the Forum behind the Piazza Venezia - where we had the most expensive cup of coffee to date - 9 Euros for 2 coffees!! Bought a guide book that included a map, but really non the wiser….. Walked down the street towards the colosseum - magnificent.
The street was closed to traffic - something they do on a Sunday - what a great idea - the people were able to wander around without worrying about the traffic. It was almost enough for us just to see it from the outside, but we will come back another day, when we do not have to queue so long….. Had lunch on the hill overlooking the colosseum - also got caught up in some wedding photos!! What a backdrop - almost rivals the harbour in Sydney…
The wall showed the takeover of the Romans across the empire......... starting with the small white dot and then enlarging across the known world - no wonder there are ruins to be seen all over the continent...
Wandered back along the Imperial way and headed home for a snooze - had dinner in a little Trattoria around the corner - Il Fico - Melanie’s favourite and one we agree is lovely. No one there until we had almost finished and then we were invaded by 80 school kids! They were a school group band from Aurora High school just north of Toronto - very well behaved and polite - they are on a ten day tour of Rome, Florence and Salzburg and had just finished playing in the St Peter’s square, What an experience! Best pasta we have had so far in Rome, so will be going back, I’m sure…. Got a complimentary drink because of the ‘trouble’ of the students.. We tried to reassure them that they were no trouble at all, but didn’t seem to get our message through. Sitting at ‘home’ while there is a storm over Rome - thunder and lightening……
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