After leaving Vatican City we headed to eat at one of those cute Italian restaurants you see on commercials or movies... you know, the ones where you're eating at a table that is literally on the street. Sure, you don't care much about the where and what of our lunch, but that's just the lead into my pics of the kids. :)
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| Alexander, 6y.o. |
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| Jacob, 3y.o. Superman, age unknown |
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| Alana, 1y.o. |
Aawwee... I had to get the kids in! ;)
After lunch our intentions were to go on a walking tour of Rome, but we were at the bottom of the Spanish Steps way too early. Rather than waiting for the tour, we decided to go on our own custom tour - equipped with plenty of water and gelato stops (it was a very hot day!).
So, we head to to see la Colonna dell'Immacolata Concezione (The Column of the Immaculate Conception).
On our route, we pass through Piazza Colonna and see the Colonna di Marco Aurelio (Column of Marcus Aurelius).
The detail on this column is spectacular. According to the all-trusting, truth telling Wikipedia, "The spiral picture relief tells the story of Marcus Aurelius’ Danubian or Marcomannic wars, waged by him from 166 to his death."
We continued on to see the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza Venezia.
On our walk we passed through the Piazza della Minerva where a wedding was taking place inside the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. Outside the ceremony, in the piazza, sits a statue by Bernini called the Pulcino della Minerva. I almost didn't photograph it until DH said to - Jacob was asleep and he likes elephants. So this picture is for Jakey.
Finally we arrive to one of my "must see" locations - The Pantheon!
Naturally, there is a private event going on inside, but we still could peak inside. Isn't it beautiful?!?!
The landmark I wanted to see the most was a little disappointing since it is in the middle of being restored courtesy of Fendi. Do you know which one that is? The infamous Fontana di Trevi (The Trevi Fountain) of course! It was still amazing, even under restoration.
We were exhausted after walking who knows how far (hmm... if I had a fancy-dancy activity tracker, I'd know this info). We headed back to Piazza San Silvestro for a gilato and some rest. Well whuddayaknow, there's a band playing in the plaza. Perfect!
After heading back to the hotel for showers, we were forced to take yet another walk - to find diapers! We were at exactly ZERO diapers. NOT good. Alana will not last without at least one more pannolino. Have you ever tried to find diapers in Rome after 9pm? It's nearly impossible! General stores are closed. The places that are open employed people who had no ideas for us. But I did say nearly impossible. Thanks to a woman (at a closed grocery store who kindly spoke with DH), we were pointed to Piazza Barberini where Farmacia Internazionale was open. We made it there just in time!
On our walk home we decided to take the obscure roads. Walking on Via Veneto with 3 children at night is not exactly ideal. Plus, we find the roads less traveled often house special treats. This time, we found a quiet restaurant on an unknown corner that had an affordable prix fix menu. It was a late night dinner filled with frustratingly hungry kids, a messy 6 year old, crazy delicious pastas and wonderful vino rossa della casa! Salute!
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| <3 My wonderful and handsome husband. <3 |
Caio!
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