Rome, Italy

Another good night sleep and (relatively) early rise before heaing out to meet Paolo at the Colosseum! One crazy taxi ride and some insane ticket issues later, we were in and although the kids didn't care much about the history, the grownups loved it! We walked around, and then headed to the Forum where we found some merciful shade and Paolo shared the history of Rome and the tale of Romulus and Remus. We really loved him, but at this point the kids were DONE, so Paolo took us to a nearby pizza place where we sat outside and ate lunch and then got some gelati (of course). Everyone was feeling revived after lunch, so we decided to walk back to the hotel. On the way, we did a little shopping and I got a gorgeous mug from the sweetest Roman woman in this teeny shop and the girls got some H&M and Zara clothes ;) We finally made it back to the hotel and snuggled in bed to watch Gladiator on Matt's computer - a totally inappropriate kids movie, but they were super into the gladiator part of the day so we went for it. We headed back to the rooftop for a drink/snack before walking over to Babette for dinner - a restaurant recommendation from Paolo! We absolutely loved it and it was our favorite meal in Rome by far - even the kids ate! We let the kids run through Piazza del Popolo on the way home, and then fell into bed after an exhausting but wonderful day.Read more