We woke up at 9am, which is 2am local time. We have adjusted to the new time pretty well. We found breakfast across the street and had delicious cappuccino and unique breakfast biscuits. We stopped at a tourist information kiosk around the corner then and realized we are within walking distance to nearly everything we wanted to see in Rome: the Colosseum, Fontana di Trevi, Pantheon, Campo De’ Fiori, etc.

We have been walking and landed in a small sandwich shop called Bar Brasile which is right outside the magnificent Piazza Venezia. Everywhere seems to have Gilato, and Jenny seems tempted to try it all. We had an amazing Gelato that tasted like melon and wine called Zabaione.

After visiting the Fontana di Trevi, we stopped at Locanda Del Tempi for lunch. I had a salad and Jenny the spaghetti. We noticed that ice in drinks seem hard to come by and we learned the lesson that our cab driver told us when traveling from the airport yesterday: avoid ristorantes in the larger tourist areas. They are expensive and poorer quality than many of the restaurants off roads most traveled.

After visiting the Pantheon and several other historic sites, we decided to walk back to one of the more popular museums. We have stopped several times for small breaks because we know we will kill ourselves if we don’t. One places we stopped at was called Rossopomodoro. They have fantastic looking wood oven pizzas, but at 3:15pm in the afternoon it is too hot outside for such food. Instead, we ordered fresh fruit from the dessert menu and water. It was only 8:15am in Wichita, but I’m already well adjusted to our new timezone.

I have been looking for open wifi places frequently but found poor or costly service. Jenny and I stopped for a rest outside an unapologetically historic church – one of many such churches – and I just now discovered decent wifi coming from somewhere nearby. Ciao for now.

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