23 hours is a long time to sit in an Economy seat, even on Singapore Airlines. (For those following this blog that don’t know what “Economy” is, it’s the place behind the curtain where you can vaguely hear crying babies, incessant coughing, and the occasional boorish yell…it’s a bit like District 12 in The Hunger Games). However the prize at the end was always going to be worth the pain of the transfer. For the record I’m giving Singapore an 8.035 for their Economy service. For those interested the Algorithm i used it’s available for sale on Craig’s List.
Rome is amazing. Landed at 9am, and through customs into the city proper before 10:30. Unfortunately room wasn’t ready until 2, but the plus side is we wandered aimlessly for 3.5 hours and you can see from the photos below the incredible sites we have visited already. No idea what they were, nor in truth where they were, but they were cool nonetheless.
After that it was off for a late lunch / early dinner at Salumeria Con Cucina Roscioli in Campo Di Fiori, famous for its cured meats and for the best Carbonara in Rome. In truth the Carbonara was ok, but the service and the wines were top notch.
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| Don’t make streets like this in Melbourne |
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| Lots of old shit in this place |
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| Our apartment, across the road from The Argentina ruins |
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| View from our apartment |
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| The best Carbonara restaurant in Roma (apparently) |
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| No carbonara restaurant is complete without a soccer playing elephant |
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| Gee the Mics know how to do a Cathedral roof |
It looks like you have seen all of Rome in one day! Where were the crowds at the Trevi fountain?
ReplyDeleteThats on the Agenda for this morning. The fountain today was Piazza Navona, busy but not crazy.
DeleteWas the carbonara good?
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty good, very different to the versions at home. Pasta cooked way less than we do it, and pork cheek chunks not bacon. Loads of pepper.
DeleteLove the update Andrew keep it coming
ReplyDeleteThat was me !
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