Last Monday, we woke up to our first full day in Italy. They had breakfast for us at the hotel.
Lots of sweets.
It was a pretty room.
With a nice view.
We watched this guy working across the way hoping he wouldn't fall.
Then we were picked up in a golf cart to tour Rome. The driver sent us this pic so we could find him in the square outside the hotel. He was a cool guy!
Here we go!
First we drove through the emabassies.
The American Embassy!
This is the original wall around Rome that protected it.
We went through a large park.
Napoleon!
There was a nice view of the Vatican from the park.
Piazza Poppolo.
I remember being here a long time ago with my family.
Then we drove through the Jewish Ghetto.
The twins love their maps and wanted our guide to show them where we were at all times.
Piazza Navona. This used to be a stadium where they had the olympics.
We had the guide drop us off near where we had our next activity. It was close to the Jewish Ghetto so we decided to walk through it. The Nazi's came and took people from their homes. They put plaques in front of the doors where the people were taken.
So scary and sad.
We walked around looking for a place to eat lunch.
We passed by Trevi Fountain, which didn't have water in it.
A tribute to the first King of Italy.
We found a nice cafe and had some yummy chicken cutlets.
Eli made a leaning Tower of Pasta.
Then we went to a gelato making class.
This was interesting.
There was a couple from Australia with us. It was fun talking about the differences between Australia, Italy and America.
We mixed up all the ingredients.
We put the 4 flavors we made in the freezer.
Then it was time to eat!
It was great of course. She even made fresh waffle bowls for us to use.
Then we walked back through the Jewish ghetto because Amy saw a store she wanted to check out.
These are all over the city. They have fresh water coming out all the time and are meant to drink from.
Artichokes are in season!
Kosher restaurants.
Memorial for Oct 7.
Chabad!
We found the store!
Amy got a necklace.
I love all the tiny cars.
We went to see the Michelangelo Steps.
Aden posed some more.
This is Rome City Hall. We came up here to see the view.
We could see the Forum, the downtown of ancient Rome.
We were going there the next day.
Another fountain.
We headed back to some of the them could rest.
But not Ariel and I. We had shopping to do!
Back to the Spanish Steps area.
She found another Brandy Melville!
It was still crowded with fabulous people.
Ariel and I found a McDonalds! Of course we had to check it out. Look at the amazing sweets.
The menu had some different items.
I got the twins happy meals. The dessert was a block of cheese!
We waited a while for the food. The place was pretty.
We went back and everyone tried the food. It was actually pretty good. We had a good laugh about the block of cheese for dessert.
We found a nice restaurant for our real dinner.
Then we of course got more gelato!
