Rome, Italy

We had to wake up a bit early (for us) which wasn't fun for the drive back to Bari. It was fairly uneventful (and very sad to say goodbye to our villa!) and we caught the short flight back to Rome with no problem. It took awhile (again) for our driver to find us, but we finally in made it back to Hotel Locarno - our favorite - for a final night in Rome! We were pretty hungry, so we ate lunch in the courtyard (lovely) and then decided to go for a walk to our favorite Gelataria Romana and it did NOT disappoint. So good and we knew what to order this time! We walked back to the hotel and took a rest/shower and then left the kids in the room while we went up to the rooftop for a final negroni and some more of those amazing views. We grabbed the kids and walked over to the Trevi Fountain area for our dinner. It was soooo packed out and hot, but it was a really nice walk nonetheless. The reastaurant was super crowded but I had reserved a table so we got right in (a must in Italy in the summer). The food was AMAZING (another Paolo recommendation) - we had another t-bone and amazing pasta and the kids behaved. I think we stayed over three hours and then had a great, slow meander back to the hotel (wtih a quick stop at the Spanish Steps) before crashing fo the night! A perfect end to the trip.Read more