Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Day 4 In Rome

Day four in Rome was promising indeed- it was the big day to get our marriage blessed by the Pope (and an amazing Pope at that)! We had a quick bite at our hotel for breakfast and set out for St. Peter's Square...


The view before the crowds; we arrived early to make sure we had a good seat!


Statue in the Square


View of St. Peter's from our seats (in a reserved section for newlyweds)


Vince and I waiting for the Pope


Wow


Waiting for the blessing


OMG! All the newlyweds got to line up and meet the Pope!!!


Blessed! It was SOO hot in our nice clothes; we high-tailed
it back to our hotel to change before our next food tour with Katie :)


This time we started in the Jewish Ghetto neighborhood
(a remenant of World War II); our first stop was a bakery


My favorite? This rich bread with cinnamon and raisins- mmm


From there we visited a craft brewery called Open Baladin


The house-made kettle chips (dangerously good)


Our next stop was Roscioli- a famed deli and restaurant


Just like what I had previously seen on TV :)


I had to try anchiovies and the herbed butter; with bread; a little
salty, but not bad ;) When in Rome, you've got to try the local stuff!


Next stop: our second gelato of the trip; this place had some
fresh mint gelato and a dark chocolate gelato that were awesome!


A parting photo with Katie :)


Vince and I spent a good part of the afternoon just taking things in...


Part of one of my favorite bridges in Rome: Ponte Sant'Angelo


A nasoni- one of the many fountains in Rome that provide clean
drinking water; these date back to Roman times (and they still work!)


MUCH later, we eventually worked up an appetite,
so we headed to Bonci for some Roman-style pizza


Paired with local beer of course!


Pizza with proscuitto, arugula, and tomatoes


Mushroom/sausage pizza and potato pizza-
great ending to a pretty fantastic day :)


No comments:

Post a Comment