Roma, Laundry, Colosseum, and Carbs

 After sleeping for 10 hours, we were on the search for a laundromat which turned out to be easier than we thought. We google mapped one and then showed a taxi driver..success! And very necessary.


After dropping our clothes off at our hotel, we headed to the metro for the Colosseum! WOW is all I can say.
 

Instead of taking the metro home we decided to walk for a few hours back to our area of town and just look at everything! It's so different from Spain here and we really really love it. Leave it to Garrett to do this...





One our way to dinner we saw a sign for the Pantheon and headed there. It was already dark out and it looked SO pretty.


Finally we made it to a cozy outdoor cafe with outdoor warmers...and what an experience it was thanks to our waiter Maxximo, the truest Italian I have ever met. We couldn't help but laugh when we heard "mama miaaa"come out of his mouth after he forgot to bring Lauren a fork. Or when he kissed the tips of his fingers and shouted "bueno!" after fixing our wobbly table. Or when he brought out our food and pretended to cry because it looked SO good. Or when he told Garrett he HAD to finish the last bite of our appetizer or he would feed it to him (which he did). Or when he leaned down on the table and batted his eyes at me (a few times). Maxximo is another example of how funny and friendly everyone is here. It was a really fun dinner thanks to him.

Maxximo feeding Garrett

After dinner we bought a bottle of wine and headed to the Trevi Fountain, which is right down the street from our hotel. First things first, throw coins for good luck! Or in Garrett's case, chuck them in...



We sat there for over an hour drinking our wine and hanging out with a couple in their 50's from the UK. They were celebrating Veronica's (the wife) birthday. They were really nice and shared glasses with us so we didn't have to drink wine straight from the bottle haha!


We headed to an Irish Pub afterward and caught the last part of the Chiefs game...sorry Grandpa!! That was rough.


Ciao!




-B