Rome

Rome... An amazing city.. Mia found this fantastic apartment for me, her and Ellen to rent in Trasteverde, which is kinda like the Greenich Village of NYC. Super cool, with tons of people our age. The city is awesome and such delicious food.. and man oh man can these italian eat!

Last night, our first night here, we went to Rinaldi al Quirinale Ristorante, a restaurant that was refered to us by my dear friend Dena and her family. WOW... it was delicious! We took the advice of Dena's dad and opted out of ordering off the menu and just eat whatever they served us. Seriously, you would have thought that there were 10 people eating with us, that's how much food was brought out... but of course, in true, Rachel, Ellen and Mia style, we handled it!! Mussels, Salmon, Calamari, Eggplant, Clams, Buffalo Mozzerla, some kind of cieche thing and an Octopus salad and Anchoives!! And yes... I ate Octopus and Anchoives!!! WHAT!?! i know all of you are thinking to yourselves.. and it was pretty good... although.. i am Definitely NOT and anchoive fan... oh.. and did i mention that was just the appetizers! Then there was pasta and fish and lots and lots of wine... and of course dessert... simply amazing!!

Today, we headed to the Collesium... it was pretty cool. Of course we were waiting for Russell Crowe and Jauquiem Phoenix to duel... but unfortunately, that didn't happen.. :) we also checked out Palamino which was realy cool with amazing landscapes and this other cool place (that i am blanking on the name right now... but will add when i update next) which had a run down or semi-knocked down over time arches and columns and things... it is so cool that this massive structures and columns and everything are a catrillion years old.. and stilll standing .. wow!

We also went to the Spanish steps, which to me ... eh.. a little disappointing... i dunno, maybe from that silly DeBeers commerical, i expected them to be massive and stretch for miles or something... but know... not that big at all.. but the neat thing about them is that they were created to connect the lower part of Rome to the church above...

Anyway.. off to eat.. AGAIN!!... and of course, I cant wait!!

We are in Rome for a few more days... so more to come!