Roma 2 - The Eternal City Continues

After a wonderfully lazy morning, Lane and I got out in time to grab some lunch. With no idea where we were supposed to be going, we wandered until we found a great little hole-in-the-wall pizza joint.

I was hungry that day.
And of course, when you're in Italy, even if it is freezing butt cold, you have to get some gelato.

This was the first, but not the last (by far) cup of gelato that would find it's way into this mouth.
After filling our stomachs with such wonderful treats, it was time to get out and see some of Rome. Up next on the list was the Coliseum.

It's not Death Valley, but impressive nonetheless.

Unfortunately, it was raining on us and it started to get a little cold. We were deterred from entering the Coliseum by the warning that it's not all that impressive inside and the even more unimpressive price of admission. We sought shelter in it's shadow as we tried to figure out what to do next. Something that would keep us dry, warm, and having fun.


I was really craving some more of that wonderful Italian coffee, but we needed a place to sit. Most of the espresso bars don't have tables to sit at, so I thought maybe we could find a bookstore that had a cafe inside of it. That way we could sit, grab a book or magazine, and drink some coffee. Nice, warm, relaxing.

Rome guide book, telling us about all the things we had and hadn't seen.
To find this bookstore, I had the ingenious idea of just getting on a bus and riding it until we saw something that looked good. Come to find out, it worked! We found a nice bookstore with a cafe on the top floor. We grabbed a Rome guide book and a few other things to read as we sat and had some good coffee. We stayed for a few hours and had a really great time.

The happy, and warm, customers.

From there, it was off to the grocery store. We (read: I) wanted to save a little money and one easy way was for us (read: me) to cook dinner a couple times. It turned out fairly well, compared to recent happenings (read: my next blog post).

My job: wash and break broccoli, clean and cut mushrooms, peel and slice onions, and cook all of the above with our meat in a pan. Lane's job: play with the camera.