Honeymoon Destination #1: Rome, Italy
Ciao from Rome, Italy! We arrived here on August 5 after a very nice flight on United Airlines. We used our miles on our credit cards to fly business class, and it was worth it! We had so much room to recline and they fed us so often that even Frank never got hungry! 
We were pleasantly surprised by our hotel room in Rome. We’d been told that rooms in Europe were small, but our room is quite large. Kudos to booking on the internet!
On our first full day here, we went on our tour of ancient Rome. We visited the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and the Roman Forum. Seeing the Colosseum in person was unbelievable. The structure is just so massive!
On our second full day, we went on a tour to Vatican City, where we toured the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. St. Peter’s Basilica is simply amazing. It’s so ornate and beautiful. You can’t describe it in words.
In the past few days, we’ve visited Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Campo de’ Fiori, and numerous other places that we’ve stumbled upon while wandering around. We’ve been navigating the city by metro, bus, and good ol’ fashioned walking. We’ve done well so far not getting completely lost!
The weather’s been very hot, so we’ve eaten a lot of gelato and enjoyed granitas daily. Food here is yummy–Frank’s filled up on steaks, lamb, and pizza, while I’ve gotten lots of gnocchi and pizza too. Today, we ate at the very first McDonald’s in Italy–we wanted a break from Italian food and they were handing out coupons on the street. They have curly fries at McDonald’s here! We’re still not used to having to pay for water at restaurants, but at dinner tonight, we drank lots of house wine. We left happy. Very happy.
Tomorrow we leave Rome (boo hoo) and head to Florence, where I’m dragging Frank to see Michelangelo’s David. He’s still wondering why we’re going to see a statue of a naked guy…
We’ll blog from there soon! Arrivederci!
P.S. Thanks to those of you who’ve sent us pictures from our wedding! It’s been fun to look at them! If anyone else has any, send them our way! We’d love to see them!
Frank on the plane, eating
At the Colosseum
Me being “FOBy”
In front of St. Peter’s Basilica–Inside is BEAUTIFUL!
On the Spanish Steps
At Trevi Fountain
At the first McDonald’s in Italy
Doing laundry at a local laundrymat (which I’ve never done, and Frank hasn’t since his college days). We did it though!
August 18th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
That’s my boy always eating. =)