Coffee & Cathedrals: Dandy, Different, Dreadful, & Delightful

The Dandy

chocolate and caramel swirl with chocolate chunk gelato

Gelato.

Tomorrow (June 2) is Italy's Republic Day, which is basically equivalent to our Fourth of July.

There's four of us with one shower and we have yet to run out of hot water.

fresh fruit in the Trastevere Market
(the big yellow things top right are lemons)

Every meal that we have had has been even better than the previous.

the best pizza restaurant (only 20 steps from our front door)

Gelato.

I googled "Are birthdays a big deal in Italy?" and got the answer of my dreams. (My birthday is Thursday).

Our luggage was finally delivered a good 86 hours after we landed in Rome.

Harry Styles, Lorde, and The Artist Formerly Known as Prince are all currently in Rome.

small fountain on our walk to the Trevi Fountain

The free water from the fountains is so cold and so wonderful.

Gelato.

Monument to Victor Emmanuel II

Tivoli, Italy

inside the Colosseum

The Trevi Fountain

Villa D'Este
(just one of the hundreds of water fountains on the property)

another fountain at Villa D'Este

Roman Forum

I've been here five days and have already seen Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, Villa Borghese, Villa D'Este, the Trevi Fountain, Trajan's Column, the Spanish Steps, the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, the Pantheon, and Piazza Navona.

Having a kitchen is absolutely fabulous - we cooked dinner for 4 for 10 euros.

Gelato.

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The Different

All food is extremely fresh here - locals go to the grocery every morning to get what they need for the day.

Bars here are basically open 24/7 and serve coffee and beer the entire time.

We have maybe ran into 2 people who absolutely cannot understand English.

The airport gave us an "overnight kit" for losing our luggage that contained a small white tee, two q-tips, a one blade razor, and one make up removal wipe.

Netflix and Pandora don't work here. (We wanted to watch When in Rome)

Tax. If something says 2 euros, then it's 2 euros flat. Catch on America.

The McDonald's near the Spanish Steps is several stories high with the second story seating 400 people.

All sodas are served with a slice of lemon.

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The Dreadful

The Italian street vendors. Goodbye.

We don't have a dryer, therefore we have to hand our undergarments out the window.

An Italian pulled Sydney's dress up in the Villa Borghese around 6pm while his friend took a picture.

Milk here looks sketchy therefore I'm not drinking it. (Not happy about this)

Everyone makes out here everywhere.

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