Tag: Rome
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Colosseum and Forum
Unfortunately, Liam was sick today and had to stay home. With him not feeling weak, we started the morning slowly. Willow, River and I went out to a bakery to get breakfast pastries. One really cool thing here is their extensive use of pistachios in cooking. They have something that’s kind of like Nutella, but…
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Pompeii with an archeologist
Today we went to Pompeii. The day started out with some excitement. We had booked a train in advance, but when we left our place to catch a bus to the train station, we found that the roads were closed all around our place for a parade (today is Italy’s Republic Day.). it started raining…
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Exploring our neighborhood in Rome
We had no plans today, because we assumed we would be tired from the long flight and the time change. We slept in super late (we definitely should have set an alarm) and then went out looking for food. After breakfast, we walked just around the corner to some ancient ruins that were just in…