We arrived in Rome at seven in the morning and watched the sunrise on the train to the hotel. We began our first of many hunts to find our hotel room and quickly shed our luggage to go and explore ancient Rome. Thanks to our Rick Steve's guidebook, we avoided many a line and our first day was no exception. We bypassed the line at the Colosseum and headed straight to the Palatine Hill and the Forum. Our guidebook didn't provide a lot of insight nor was there much signage explaining what we were seeing on Palatine Hill, so we wandered about aimlessly taking pictures and eavesdropping on tour groups. Once we hit the Forum, our audio guide kicked in and the ruins began to have more significance. Who knew I would actually stand near the spot where Julius Caesar's body was burned?
We were famished and ready to begin our Italian dining adventure. We popped into a cute wine bar and started off with a glass of red wine, marinated artichokes and mushrooms, and pickled onions. We both ordered the vegetable lasagna since we couldn't seem to translate most of the menu even with a menu decoder. I was more impressed with the first course and Greg happily finished off my remaining lasagna remnants.
Off to the Colosseum! We started up our audio tours and settled in to enjoy more history. I'm not sure how long we'd been awake...neither one of us slept much on the plane and it was now late afternoon. At one point, we sat down in the shade and we both started nodding off. It was time to head back to the hotel to shower and take a quick nap before dinner. We were happy to find out that we were upgraded to a suite for the night and took the owner's advice for a pizza dinner at his childhood friend's restaurant.
We wrapped up the evening with a quick stroll to the Trevi fountain, a coin throw to ensure a return to Rome followed by a pistachio gelato. Ah, Roma!
We arrived in Rome at seven in the morning and watched the sunrise on the train to the hotel. We began our first of many hunts to find our hotel room and quickly shed our luggage to go and explore ancient Rome. Thanks to our Rick Steve's guidebook, we avoided many a line and our first day was no exception. We bypassed the line at the Colosseum and headed straight to the Palatine Hill and the Forum. Our guidebook didn't provide a lot of insight nor was there much signage explaining what we were seeing on Palatine Hill, so we wandered about aimlessly taking pictures and eavesdropping on tour groups. Once we hit the Forum, our audio guide kicked in and the ruins began to have more significance. Who knew I would actually stand near the spot where Julius Caesar's body was burned? 
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