Bike and Food tour of Rome

I arrived in Rome yesterday with a direct flight from Calgary. It was a 10 hour flight. I had bought a special neck pillow known as a TRTL. It worked pretty well supporting my neck. I think maybe I fell asleep for part of the flight. Although my neck was comfortable the rest of my body wasn't. Getting in from the airport was very easy on the Leonardo de Vinci express train and then I walked to my Air BnB. It was 35 degrees and sunny when I arrived which was a little of a shock to the system. Despite being jet lagged, I was able to stay awake until 8:30 which is pretty good. I am located 15 minutes from the colleseum so I strolled down to the colleseum to stay awake. It is surreal seeing the colleseum for the first time.I woke up for a little while in the middle of the night but still had a good sleep.

Today I hadn't made any special plans in advance. Tickets for the colosseum, Vatican some of the museums sell out months in advance so I have planned to do those later in the week and have bought my tickets well in advance . I noticed a reasonably priced bike and food tour on Air BnB so I signed up for this. It was wonderful. The trip was guided by Luca a local chef who had gotten into the tour business. We biked around the Traveste part of Rome and listened to Luca telling us the history of the area and I interesting stories about the food scene. Everyone along our route seemed to know Luca. It was very Italian. We learned how to drink from an Italian fountain. Saw lots of old ruins including the site where Julius Caesar was murdered. A Dutch family of 4 was also on the trip with the young adult sons. One son was into logistics and the other was training to be a physiotherapist. Their English was good so it was fun chatting with them. The trip included Breakfast, a pizza snack from a Kosher pizza shop in the Jewish quarter a tour around the Traveste area of town and around the colleseum and a very large late lunch cooked by Luca with an incredible pasta sauce. I will be eating a light supper. The tour lasted for 5.5 hours. All in all a full day. I will head out tonight for an evening stroll but I am just chilling out nowRead more