Sunday, August 26, 2012

vacation: day six in Rome

Day six started early at the Catania airport. Our flight to Rome was scheduled for I think 9:30...? It was delayed by 3 hours. We didn't even get off the tarmac until a little after 1:00. Horrible!

putting on happy faces or the camera...our plane was finally boarding!

Once we finally arrived in Rome, we had to take the train into the city. Thankfully our hotel was right by the station so we didn't have to walk much! There was a little mix-up with our hotel room; so Lindz and I ended up in the Radisson hotel across the street for the first night...but we weren't complaining :-) 

at the station

off to Roma!
 After we got settled, we immediately started sight-seeing and headed for the Colosseum. It was amazing! 


after walking around a little, we stopped at this cute cafe for some drinks. It was hot!



first glimpse of the Colosseum










Pictures really don't do it justice. You have to see it in person!

an Aperol Spritz...a delicious drink that Lindsay and Gene introduced us to. A great drink on a hot day! We got these on our way back to the hotel.
 That evening we took a taxi to the Fontana Di Trevi...there was a huge crowd surrounding it, but we managed to squeeze through and get some pictures.




After we got enough photos taken, we started to search for a place to eat dinner, and we came across Ristorante Baccano. It was delicious! I ordered spaghetti...sounds simple, but it was the best spaghetti I have ever eaten!




oysters 


my amazing spaghetti

Clint's dish...delicious tuna


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

vacation: day five in Sicily

Our fifth day in Sicily brought us to Taormina. Lindsay and I tanned ourselves and the boys snorkeled at Isola Bella for a while, but then it got a little too cloudy (but still extremely hot), so we stopped at a cafe for some granite to cool off, then took the tram up to the town of Taormina to walk around and see the Greek theater.




my lemon granite, so refreshing!  


the view from the cable car



There was a film festival going on that weekend, so the screen  was covering up the view and the seats were covering up the original stone seats :(  Still a beautiful place though!






my store!!!
 That night we went to a brewery/restaurant to watch a soccer game. I'm pretty sure we didn't get a table with a good view of the screen, because they knew we were Americans and Italy was playing! The beer we got taste a little like bacon, but the food was good :) Unfortunately this is the only picture I have of the whole night :(