Dinner at vecchia roma

Seems like a family owned place. Bruschetta just showed up and was delicious. Lasagne, ravioli, braciole were our order and were outatanding. Lizzie says it tasted home made. Highly recommended.
Rooftop breakfast

And a couples massage at 10. Rome is all right.
Just wandering rome

You know, nbd
Lunch at mastro ciccia

Mozzarella and green tomatoes (picture forgotten, but crunchy and delicious) followed by a buffalo mozzarella and sausage pizza. Yum! Lizzie had an Aperol spritz. Less yum.
While the pizza was great,Baca lagi
Pope town

Of all the days to be closed, Sunday seems like the strangest
More Roman Wandering

Over five miles of walking today. Sadly need about 10 more to burn off all that mozzarella...
Pardon the weird seam in the panoramic.. Google Assistant ain't perfect.
Dinner at ristorante da valentino

I had bucatini, Lizzie had ravioli, and we split a grilled lamb dish. Wundervoll! Tasted like home cooking.
Vatican on speed

So we had 2.5 hours until checkout. Taxi there was 10 minutes. But the line to get in was 2h long. We waited for 20m but finally succumbed to the hucksters offering "skip the line" passes.. but thenBaca lagi
Check in at myforte relais de charme

Nicest place we've stayed so far, I think. Super nice and helpful front desk, functioning air conditioning, great shower pressure, cedarwood shampoo in a 200ml size, free bottle of wine, ice machineBaca lagi
Dinner at trattoria cesarino

A little restaurant with six curbside tables and a small amount of indoor seating. We got the fried dough appetizer which came with prosciutto and a creamy cheese called stracchiano that tasted likeBaca lagi
Wandering firenze

We bought some wall art for the house, and Lizzie bought a mask. Stopped for lunch in a little cafe.
Lunch at pasticcia serafini

Sandwiches and pastries, yum! We walked around a lot today (see additional photos), so this really hit the spot.
Dinner at fortevino

This restaurant had been open for 45 days, and is owned by the same family as our hotel. Lizzie got a meats and cheeses platter, and I got a steak in Gorgonzola sauce. It was really good, even thoughBaca lagi
Aaaaand here's venice!

Let see what trouble we can get in before our return train at 7
Lunch at al bagolo

Start with octopus salad, add a lasagne Bolognese, and finish with a prosciutto pizza. What do you get? A very full, very happy Lizzie and Eric.
Gondola ride

When in Venice, there are just some things you gotta do.
A visit to basilica di san marco

Our good friends Miro and Maria got married here. Incredible.
Phone dies but we make it home anyway

Note to self - use airplane mode on trains or the phone eats the battery trying to find cell towers in the countryside.
Also, here are some more pictures from Venice before I ran out of juice.
Dinner at trattoria di' sordo

We arrived 10 minutes before the kitchen closed (guess that's a pattern for us.. why does everyone close at 1030?) But got proscuitto and mozzarella appetizers, I got pasta Alla amatriciana, andBaca lagi
Back to serafini for lunch

We slept in and then walked back over to the cafe. I didn't see the big pistachio eclairs so I just got a sandwich, which is just as well since my stomach has been bothering me this week. Lizzie got aBaca lagi
Relaxation on the rooftop

It's rather hot today so we have decided to relax on the rooftop of our hotel. It is a little noisy but a spectacular view. Everything that Florence has to offer can be seen from up here.
Late lunch at cafe scudieri

Lizzie took us on a walk around town since the crowd was lesser today. Stopped at this cafe for a light snack and discovered an awesome Italian soda called spuma bionda paoletti. I sure hope they haveBaca lagi
Random wandering

We've seen a lot of Florence before, but with the thinning crowd it presented a few photo ops.
Last dinner in firenze @ t. Il barrino..

.. and oh my God did we do it right. We start with the traditional Tuscan appetizer platter... Which turned out to be a ton of things each more delicious than the last. Pea souffle, pate and tomatoBaca lagi
Last breakfast at serafini

I will miss these pistachio eclairs. I also had and enjoyed a caffe latte.