Oh my god I can’t believe that 3 days have gone forever and I haven’t sent my catch up. Basically because they have been fairly low activity days. On Friday I had to use my 2 day Forum ticket to go to the Colosseum. Its just up the road so I took my time and then tootled on up. I had a good look at the Colosseum but it isn’t my favourite site and not a lot has changed since I last walked around it 13 years ago now. It was more something I had to do because I had the ticket and because I’m sussing everything out before Rose gets here so I can pretend to be informed!!
I then did what I do best and sat in the sun in my piazza, had a gelati and a coffee and eventually came back to the apt. Then yesterday was also slow. Each day I do a bit of Italian revision and try to learn a wee bit more. I went off for a walk up to the Quirnale and then down to the shopping area. I did a bit od surveillance re things I will see in the next week or so but I had decided it was going to be a non-tourist day so I just walked around. Later Chris cam over to my ‘hood’ for dinner. We walked around for a while, had an aperativo (or 2) then went over the road from my apt to a restaurant that always looks SO busy. The patrons have kept me awake every night as they make merry leaving the restaurant every night. I hadn’t been game to tackle it alone so it was good to have Chris to come there with me for a meal. Which was indeed delicious. They are fully booked every night with people waiting outside for a table. Good one for us to go to Rosa!! After dinner I walked up to the bus with Chris and then came home to tuck up.
Today(Sunday) it rained all day!!! It was a quiet morning mainly spent at home doing a bit of Italian and a bit of other stuff. Chris and I had planned to go to the EUR (an area of Rome where expos are held) in the afternoon but the weather was shit so instead I went over to her place to watch a set of interlinked fils/plays by David Herd, one is ‘Page 8’. They were great with Bill Nighy. Its nice to get a movie in at the weekend and Chris is very excited by her home movie set up inspired by Hammy. I then came back to Monti on the bus. I went via my lovely Ravioli shop where every time I go to get take away they give me a glass of wine and make me feel like a long lost friend. Very lovely really!!! So now I’m home with me friend Al Jazeera, a glass of wine and a delicious take-away ravioli. This morning I cooked up some lovely fresh asparagus to have for lunch during the week. So freshly picked and flavoursome.
So, another week is over. Only 13 sleeps until Rose arrives!! This time in Roma is just flying, there is always something amazing to see and do.