Welp. I don't really have anything to say. And no pictures to post from today. Sorry everyone. We took the day off.
I woke up around 10 and Doug was on te computer. We ate some breakfast, put our suits on, followed by a layer of sunscreen, and went down to the pool.
We laid out. We played in the water. We tried to dunk each other (Doug's just too nice though).
We read. We laid out. Repeat.
Around 1 we went down to a local pizzeria. We had seen it earlier in the week but didn't get around going there till now. Doug got a pepperoni pizza and I got a pesto one (here I would have inserted a picture, but we left the camera in the room on accident). I love pesto (Doug doesn't really care for it). But here they more or less just spread it on top of the pizza. Which isn't bad, just strange. So it had tomato sauce and cheese, and then pesto on top. It was good, but we both agree that American pizza is just better. We may not have our own food, but I firmly and biasly (ok I made that word up), that we do improve a lot of foods by "Americanizing" them.
In all of the pizza shops we've been to, the pizza is already cooked and cooled, and laid in a case much like a bakery. When you order it, they cut off a slice (They're long ovals instead of circles. More like round rectangles actually) and heat it back up in the oven. This gives it a slightly rubbery texture. Or rather like having left overs. So not really worth the money you pay for it. It'd sad to say but we miss Pizza Put.
We went to the grocery store next door and bought some more essentials like salami, bread, muffins, and pepsi. Then we went back to our hotel and back to the pool for a couple of hours.
When late afternoon came we went back to the air conditioned room and finished season 2 of How I Met Your Mother. We ate popsicles and Magnum bars (may be my new favorite). Now it's almost bed time and we're gonna watch "Dragon Trainer."
We didn't go anywhere or wait in any lines or get shoved around by the Italians. We didn't wear our legs out or dehydrate ourselves in the heat. We didn't sit for hours on public transportation or get asked for money. Instead we enjoyed a day in Rome doing absolutely nothing. We got a vacation during our holiday. Tomorrow's our last day in Rome, and we'll be sure to make the most of it. We just needed a day to just be.
We did try to send out our postcards today that we've had ready for about a week now. Our front desk didn't have the stamps and said that the tobacco shop would. The tobacco shop didn't and said that the post office would. We will probably just bring them home and send them in America. It will be cheaper and the people will get them sooner than if we had sent them here :]
2 comments:
Sounds like you are ready to come home to America with a new appreciation for where you live!
Magnum bars were definitely our favorite. We looked for them in every country. :)
It is good you took a day off to relax.
You may have been more impressed with some of the local food if you would have had enough money to eat in their higher end restaurants.
As for cheaper fare, now you know why McDonalds is so popular.:)
Good idea with the postcards.
We hope our house sells soon so we can see more of you in CA. Love you!
They have them in America! Well, they have them at our Ralphs. I had never gotten them because they were a bit pricey, but they're on sale sometimes. I remember what they were because one time I was studying the ice cream and trying to choose and an older gentleman came up, opened the door right away, grabbed a box of Magnum ice cream bars, and turned to me and said, "These are the best" and then walked away. I didn't get them though! (It was either buy one box of 4 bars for $3 or a half gallon of ice cream for $3. So I went with quantity over quality).
We ended up sending the post cards from here. We carried them with us and walked by a post office so we sent them. I thought the stamps might be cool, but they just metered it instead. Oh well. We HAD a good idea :)
I hope to see more of you soon too! Love you too!
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