Lost In Rome, Again

Being lost in Rome is a treat, not a problem. We dropped our rental car off in Venezia, how amazing it is to drive to the edge of this cluster of islands. After leaving the car inform of the Hertz office, we walked across the street and closed a bridge to Venezia.

Next we walked to the Santa Lucia station to get our high speed train to Rome. Reserved seats and a great ride.

Italo provides fast and nice transport, It was a pleasure to travel by train.

Beverage service was provided and restrooms were spotless.

After arriving at our Airbnb on Via Dei Cappellari i, we head one block to the Campo Dei Fiori. We chose this location as it was near our last Airbnb and enabled us to walk to most of the destinations in Rome we wanted to see.

Campo dei Fiori at night. The market is gone, now it is dinnertime and people watching. A full moon came to welcome us.

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Quick walk to the Vatican

We were located so close to so many wonderful sights ant things to do.

The downtown market was filled with food and wines.

A Rome market.

This small Filetti di Baccala is a tiny space which specialized in Cod Filets which were delicous

One man runs the kitchen. Everything is prepared while you wait.

Find at Largo dei Labari, near the church of Santa Barbara

Some more walking and another wedding. First of several we saw.

A walk across the tiber to a new area of Rome. Trastevere, another jewell. Trastevere translates to across the Tiber

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An uncrowded street in Trastevere. Via del Moro.

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Caico e Pepe, Osteria da Fortunata , Via Pelligrino

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Quartiere Coppedè

An amazing residential neighborhood near the Borghese Park area.

We took the 63 bus from our neighborhood to Coppedè. We arrived to a more 19th century look than the building we have been seeing in the Campo dei Fiori are where we have an apartment for two weeks.

The entire quartiere is quieter, and less hectic than other neighborhoods we have walked through. There is no lack of good places to shop and eat. We stopped at 7 Grammi for lunch and that total bill was 23 Euros. I recommend adding this to your list of walks in Rome.

I found this through reading one of my main sources of information for Rome. The blog “An American in Rome” by Natalie if my favorite Italy blog. Google it and you will have a wealth of knowledge of the city sights , dining, and just plain fun things to do.

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Dining on a dime in Rome. Lunch under 10 Euro in Trastevere.

Two delicious sandwiches, a bottle of beer and bottle of water cost 8 Euros and 20 cents. Bargains prevail as we hit a salumeria, not a ristorante.

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Piazza Navona,from Museo di Roma

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Roma, 2019

An art show on Via Dei Cappellari where our Airbnb is. Rome is beautiful as usual

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Cortina d’Ampesso, The Beauty Of The Domoliti

View from our Airbnb in Cortina d’Ampezzo

We arrived in Cortina d’Ampezzo late afternoon after driving in heavy rain from Milano. Just as we arrived, the clouds parted, and the sun came out. As we drove up the windy roads to our Airbnb we saw the snow covered mountains and the blue sky. It snowed this morning making our arrival even more spectacular.

Cortina d’Ampezzo is beautiful. Skiing, mountain and road biking, hiking, or enjoying a drink outside one of the many restaurants and bars in the area.

The views are amazing.

Big, beautiful, and upscale. When the Olympics come, prices will go sky high. This is the view from our Airbnb again.

We had the best Airbnb ever. After three years of Airbnb in Italy, this was the real 5 star rating. Our hosts were fantastic. The rooms were spotless, and relaxing. The views amazing. Put a comment on the blog and I will send you the info. We liked it so much we cooked dinner for our hosts. Ninety per cent of our conversation was in Italian. Glad to have Italian Pod and Duolingo helping me.

October 7, 2019

What I Can’t Travel Without

First and O2 Travel Fan, Runs from any USB charger or the enclosed power supply 120/220 volts. This is also perfect for speeding the drying of clothes.

02 Travel Fan 120/220 with adapter about $15 on Amazon

I charge 2 iPhones, 2 iPads, 1 Camera, 1 Watch, and can plug in the USB travel fan if need be.

After waking into wall at 2 am I newer travel without a night light. This is a dual voltage model available on Amazon. Six for less than $10.

On this month long trip to Italy, we are using carryon luggage only. My wife did better than I did. She traveled with 1 carryon suitcase, and a small handbag. I brought the carryon plus a small under seat back back.