Day 17: Our Roman Holiday

As far as good starts go, being locked in your room and relieving yourself in a water bottle leaves a little to be desired (see previous blog). Somehow though, we managed to start the day off right in our last hours in Venice.

We picked up around the house, I snapped some quick photos, and we headed to a cafe along the water over looking Venice. Tres magnifique! Italians say stuff like that right? While looking for a nice cafe we saw a “dump boat” a boat with a crane for picking up trash bins. They really do do everything on boats here… Hehe… do do… I’m a child.

For breakfast we had a Pinot Grigio, salad and grilled chicken. What? It was a late breakfast… We then hopped on a water bus headed for our transfer to Venezia Mestre the train station a little inland from Venice.

After a little confusion and some more running around we hopped on our transfer train and arrived at Venezia Mestre. It took awhile to find the proper platform but with my wifes mad sleuthing skills we got to Platform 6 with time to spare. We hopped on the train for our Rome and were finally able to relax. Travel days are the worst. We traveled through picturesque Italian country side and before we knew it we were approaching Rome. About half an hour before we arrived I texted our host Carolina for directions from Rome Termini to our flat. She responded quickly and we followed her directions to our flat, and let me just say… wow!

This place isn’t called “Violet Dream” on Air BNB for no reason… and no, that’s not a complaint. This flat is beautiful. After spending the past six days in shared living space it’s nice to have our own place again. I love emptying our packs into closets and drawers. It makes all the difference, emotionally speaking. But, not much time to soak it in as we had plans to meet up with some friends who are in Rome on their honeymoon and today is our only day of overlap. This rendesvouz was made possible by Bethany and her great planning abilities. Thanks babe!

We met up with Kyle and his new bride Sarah at Antics Trattoria Da Carlone. It was a nice cafe off the main street tucked away in a nice Roman alley way. Dinner was wonderful! We had a great time catching up, talking about marriage, relationships, travel and even more time laughing. It was great to see Kyle again and spend more time with Sarah who at this point we had only met one other time for far to short of a period. Dinner was winding down but we weren’t done hanging out so we walked around and chatted looking for more some more tasty Roman treats. So we started walking. Turns out a favorite thing to do in this area of Rome is stair sitting. That is exactly what it sounds like. All over the place people sat on stairs. Aint nohbody got time for that! We passed by several street vendors and Kyle got some cool sunglasses that he probably paid mor than he should of paid but hey… you can’t put a price on face fashion.

We eventually arrived at our pre-determined destination, Rivendita Libri Cioccolata e Vino. I’m not sure what it means but the result was tiny chocolate cups filled with various alcohols topped with cremes, chocolates and spices that you dropped in your mouth whole. Oh did I mention that all the incredibly classy Italian names for these delicacies were HEAVY on innuendo. I suppose I, Bryce, can now say I had a “boob job” in Rome so…. Bucket list fulfilled?

We continued walking through Rome, stopping for Gelato and continuing to enjoy each others company. Shortly after taking the above picture we arrived at our Metro station where we were to part ways only to find that it was closed for the night. We scrambled for the next 20 minutes to find a cab. Eventually we did, though I think Kyle blames us for stealing their cab…. Fifteen Euros and a short cab ride later from a driver who clearly loves the Fast and Furious franchise we arrived safely home with great memories and full bellies. Good first night in Rome!

Cheers,
B&B