This time
it was the capital: Rome, school trip - 5 days full of partly-exhausting
sightseeing but fun too. Not the whole time dolce vita but mostly. The city was
just gorgeous: sunny even though slightly sultry weather and so much to
experience. From the noticed original Italian cuisine, nice people, late night
card plays and getting lost along the streets we had a little bit of
everything!
- Nice vehicles (left side) were all over the place and the Fontana di Trevi (right side) -
The first evening started right up with the dream of finding an authentic yet cheaper restaurant (trattoria or osteria) near our hotel – reality hit hard: all we found were restaurants used to much tourism and used to their likings. Some basic gnocchi with tomato sauce and mozzarella were chosen which served their purpose but didn’t really make your yaw drop. This disappointment grew a little day for day – I was eating something Italian, but it didn’t matched my expectations (used to something really authentic here due to Italian friends…). The last day we finally went to an Osteria and some delicious antipasti (this time grilled veggies) followed by some carne made up for everything :D. Nevermind that shortly before I finally got to visit a small Pasticceria where I could get some perfectly baked pastries – calls for running some extra laps in the following weeks ;).
- On the right side: Olives on the Palatin right next to the Colosseum (left side) -
