Off bright and early in a taxi to Testaccio to meet a group for the walking food tour. Our guide was Sarah the American girl. The rest of the group were Americans. Very diverse group and we found out a lot about them!
We started with a walk to a near by bar for a morning coffee and cornetto and tiramisu Then we continued to walk and took in pizza and then the deli and then found out about the cheese and meats then a visit to the cemetery - non Italian Non Catholic cemetery . It was so beautiful and peaceful . Keats and Shelley are both buried there. We moved on to the markets and tried the fresh version of bruschetta and then fresh buffalo mozzarella . Delicious . Now keep in mind we walking and the portions were very small!
So we then heard the history of this ancient area including the slaughter house - and how the hill of Testaccio was formed with the broken pots used for oil.
Then it was onto a new place for suppli - a form of arancini. It had beef cubes in a ball of rice then fried. We then went to a restaurant and had 3 forms of pasta and wine. It was around this time that we started to get the giggles. Our Ameican guide told us so much about herself..... That we thought she must be about 50 to have fitted it all in ! We were pretty much ignored as the other became all chummy. It's funny how some people are not very interested in others!
Our last stop for he day was Giotti - the most wonderful old fashioned gelateria . We learned about flavours etc. I. Had fichi and banana. Delicious. Remember small serves!
We are now back at home- in the apartment in Campo de Fiori listening to the rain. We'll head out soon for our evening passeggiata .
Later: what a night of the beautiful ( young models in Rome) and the not so beautiful -us in rain gear looking rather second hand!
Tomorrow a new adventure as we pick up the car.
We started with a walk to a near by bar for a morning coffee and cornetto and tiramisu Then we continued to walk and took in pizza and then the deli and then found out about the cheese and meats then a visit to the cemetery - non Italian Non Catholic cemetery . It was so beautiful and peaceful . Keats and Shelley are both buried there. We moved on to the markets and tried the fresh version of bruschetta and then fresh buffalo mozzarella . Delicious . Now keep in mind we walking and the portions were very small!
So we then heard the history of this ancient area including the slaughter house - and how the hill of Testaccio was formed with the broken pots used for oil.
Then it was onto a new place for suppli - a form of arancini. It had beef cubes in a ball of rice then fried. We then went to a restaurant and had 3 forms of pasta and wine. It was around this time that we started to get the giggles. Our Ameican guide told us so much about herself..... That we thought she must be about 50 to have fitted it all in ! We were pretty much ignored as the other became all chummy. It's funny how some people are not very interested in others!
Our last stop for he day was Giotti - the most wonderful old fashioned gelateria . We learned about flavours etc. I. Had fichi and banana. Delicious. Remember small serves!
We are now back at home- in the apartment in Campo de Fiori listening to the rain. We'll head out soon for our evening passeggiata .
Later: what a night of the beautiful ( young models in Rome) and the not so beautiful -us in rain gear looking rather second hand!
Tomorrow a new adventure as we pick up the car.
Have you been to Piazza Navona at night?
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