Danial-Evelyn: Rome Rest Day

We were completely wrecked after our exhausting day yesterday so we stayed under the covers hiding from the world. By lunch time we were really hungry. We’d been snacking on the food we bought from Paris for breakfast but we were in need of more sustaining food and we wanted to be more familiar with our surroundings so we headed down to Reception to ask some questions.

Our Breakfast

She said that our chances of finding anything open in the area was very slim because most shops are closed on a Sunday in Italy. There is a supermarket a couple of blocks away so we went for a walk and had missed trading hours by an hour, but at least we know where to come tomorrow, and we also came across the nearest Metro stop which will be helpful to know when we’re ready for sightseeing. There are a couple of authentic restaurants on the same street as the hotel so we have dinner sorted tonight. Reception have sightseeing maps for sale so we’ll get one tomorrow morning.

We had an early dinner at 5pm when the restaurant reopened and boy it was good. Finally some authentic Italian food in Rome. We both wanted Lasagne and a Pizza. Although lasagne was on the menu, they weren’t serving it tonight so we settled for authentic spaghetti and the waiter suggested a beautiful Cheese Calzone (which is a pizza that folds over itself). The pasty was very fluffy. After a while the cheese became a little too cheesy flavoured so we mixed the spaghetti with the calzone and it was even better. We simply couldn’t eat it all so we asked if we could take it home. The waiter seem offended that we had asked to take it home. The restaurant was dine-in and take-away, so we couldn’t understand what the big deal was. When we left he was a little rude to us but attempted to be nice and invited us to come back tomorrow night. We’ll see about that. There are so many places to explore but since the food is really good and we’ll be here for a week, we will probably try one of their pizzas before we leave.