Monday, September 21, 2009
Last full day in Rome! We slept in again, this city is incredibly exhausting. We were going to the catacombs today which only took a couple hours, so we had a very relaxing morning reading and such. We went to the area of the catacombs with Meredith, our new Kiwi friend who was not as clueless as those on Flight of the Conchords for those of you wondering. Once we got there we walked through the park. It was so great to be out in the open with no buildings around and enjoy the nature and the quiet. We then got lunch and went to the catacombs. they were amazing. There were over 70 km of tunnels underground that have been there for 1700 years. The tombs of St. Peter and Paul were originally there which was astounding. Very creepy, but still blew my mind away at how ingenious the Romans were. From there we got the bus back into towna nd picked up some items to cook dinner. The produce in the Mediterrean is awesome and CHEAP. We started cooking dinner and having our standard bottles of wine for the night when we are informed that we are not allowed to use the kitchen (oops). After the hostel manager told us he totally took over cooking the meal offering us suggestions on how to make the dinner better and he was right. We sat down and enjoyed our dinner and decided we needed some real Italian tiramisu. We were told to go to this place called Pompi. All the Italians made dirty jokes about the word all night and told us repeatedly to not ask people on the street where Pompi was. We, of course, joined in on the jokes and it never grew old, especially since we did not know the true definition of the word. Look it up for all those that are curious (hint - try Pompino). We could not find the restaurant, but found dessert nonetheless. After we got back I was exhausted, packed my bag for Barcelona dn went to bed. Long day of traveling tomorrow
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Got your postcard yesterday!!! Thanks so much. We had so much fun, you'll have to see the pics if we have time to get them up on facebook! Glad to hear your having a great time! Only 3 weeks left.
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