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 :)