Italy Trip

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May 12th, 2007

bus tour (forced) from airport to hotel
bought subway week passes (€16)
subway to Termini (TI), and Spagna
Spanish Steps
Trevi Fountain
Gelato at San Crispino (chocolate and grapefruit) (€2.80)
Colonna Antonina, Augustus' Obelisk
Pantheon
Dinner at Osteria da Mario
- Antipasto Misto (€10)
- Ravioli with Spinach & Ricotta (€8)
- Coda (Ox Tail) (€11)
- Beef Bone with Marrow (€12)
- Water (€2)
Gelato at Giolotti (chocolate, biscotti, and some berry flavour that stupid jenn can't remember) (€2.50)
Trevi Fountain
Spanish Steps - Taxi home (€11), because Subway Line A stopped

hotel breakfast
2 cappuchini at local bar
Subway to Spagna, walk to Borghese Villa
walk around outside museum and biopark
Borghese Gallery (audio tour)
walked to Pincio
- discovered SPQR
- ate German sandwich
Police celebration at Piazza Populo
Walked to Capitoline Hill, through Via Corso
- stopped by San Crispino for Gelato: Gordon got hazelnut + stracciatella, Jenn got chocolate + pistachio
Capitoline Hill Museum
- View of Roman Forum from Museum
Walked to Campo D'Fiori
- Enjoyed Jewish Ghetto with scary street bums
Dinner at Carbonara
- Proscuitto e melone
- Pasta alla carbonara
- Grilled lamb chops
- Roman style beef tripe
- 1/2 bottle Chianti
- Taxi home (because subways stopped)

last time at our local bar!!! :( cappuchino and cafe machiato
train to florence
hostel ended up at 22 Via Nationale
Lunch at I Brincello
- (€13 each) special
- water, house wine, gnecci, buterfly pasta, sausage, pork steak
Accademia
Duome
River Arno
Gelato at Gelateria Carrozze (chocolate, nocciola, strawberry)
Bridge Ponte Vecchio
Bridge Ponte Santa Trinita
Walked to Santa Croce
TI to get bus information
Took bus 13 to Piazza Michelangelo for sunset (pics for 2 hours!!)
bus 13 to train station
Dinner at Trattoria la Burrasca
- house wine and water
- Spaghetti al Pomodoro (in tomato sauce)
- Ribollita (bean and veggie soup)
- Florentine Steak!!!
- creamy spinach
Walked home

Bar at Central Market called Claudia and Aenello? (cappuchino and cafe machiato)
Bargello Museum
Uffizi Museum
Uffizi Cafe and Terrace
Back to Uffizi
Outside of Orsanmichele Church
- I Fratellini for sandwitches (local salami and Proscuitto sandwitches with Chanti Classical wine)
- Perche No for Gelato (chocolate, lemon ice, and melon)
Climbed the dome of Duome
Walked down via Tornabuoni to see Gucci
Walked to Santa Croce to see leather stores
Dinner at Osteria de Benci
- pappa al pomodoro (tomato bread soup)
- pasta alla Gricia
- house wine and water
- steak
- vin santo and cantucci
buy train tickets
stupid picks at the train station
home

San Lorenso leather market
Bought shoes for Gor mom (near Duome)
Bought wine
Bought strawberries, roasted proscuitto, local salami, local cheese at the central market
LAST GOOD COFFEE: Bar at Central Market called Claudia and Aenello? (cappuchino and cafe machiato)
Train to Rome
National Museum of Rome
Diocletian Church
Santa Maria della Vittoria
Walked down via Nationale (bought clothes at Blue Sand?)
Bought some food and fruits on the way to restaurant
Walked to Al Forno della Soffitta for pizza dinner
- house wine and water
- fried zuccini flowers
- 4 pizza flavours: mushrooms, spicy salami, tomato and cheese, house special with bacon and proscuitto)
Took bus back to Termini
Bought express train tickets to airport
Back to hostel
Took subway to Colosseo for night walk (Colossem, Roman Forum, bar for corrected coffee, Patheon)
Last gelato at La Palma Gelato (chocolate, mango, small berries)
Bus 175 to Termini
home

Breakfast at B&B (not so good...only ok)
Supermarket
Upim to buy tanktop for friend
Train to airport
Airport check-in problem (we thought we couldn't make the flight, but they actually waited for all passengers)
flight home