What have the Romans ever done for us?

Pretty cold mornings at the moment, about 3 degrees today but we haven’t needed to put the heaters on. We headed up into Rome central this morning. Walked around the Vittorio Emmanuel monument. The weather today is stunning, clear blue skies (sorry Australia, I know you crave this at present with all the bushfire smoke).

Just around the corner are loads of ancient forums of famous Emperors, Julius Caesar, Trajan and Augustus. There was a great vibe going on with live music, (a great reggae band in particular) and the sunshine. We were just loving the many levels of history all around us.

We spent lots of time trying to work out what we were looking at and then walked up the hill which was fortuitous as it gave us more great views and took us straight to the museum we planned to visit.

The Capitoline Museum was our destination. These bits of what must have been a gigantic statue of Constantine are in the foyer. His Monty Python type foot was the inspiration for today’s title.

Lunch was first on the agenda so we went up to the second floor only to find another addictive view of Rome. It was so good we had to eat in the fancier outside cafe. Barb had a club sandwich and Terry had pizza.

After lunch we explored the museum. Lots of excellent things to see.

Late afternoon we hailed a taxi back home. We noticed the driver had not put on the meter so when we arrived at our destination he was given a 10 euro note, he tried to ask for more but we refused and told him he should have put on the meter. We are bad ass travellers now that will probs get swindled tomorrow. Hope not. 🤞
We have been alternating the direction we head for dinner and tonight was down Via Gallia. As we tend to stop at the first appropriate looking place we need to go further each night, but it is not far at all. Tonight we went to a place called TBSP. In hindsight it may have been a chain. It was American. We had ribs and a pulled pork burger to share with salad. It was fine but not good enough to think about dessert or  liqueur and wasn’t worth photos. Lucky for us we have a bottle of Amaretto at home, that cost 4 euros, nice glasses and ice for a nightcap.

Another random but very relevant fact for us, is that our apartment smells of gherkins. The only time we smell it is when we walk in after the place has been closed up but it is obvious each time. Not a bad smell but it’s intriguing as we have no idea what the source is.