Roaming around!

Our morning began with a free breakfast from the bar a couple streets away from the hotel, I guess that they just don't have the area to feed everyone in the hotel. Grabbed a croissant and one the most delicious coffee I have ever tasted. Those Italians sure know how to make one excellent cup of coffee.

Now we have to grab our Roma pass, something I recommend for anyone going to Rome. This covered your first two tourist attractions free of charge plus queue skip, free metro and public bus for 3 days and discounts at all the other tourist attractions in the guide. I really liked the fact that they give you a free wifi password and it all comes with a map and a nice read passport looking book for only 30 Euros.

The first place we wanted to visit was, of course, the Colosseum, but walking to it we passed a number of exciting places, discovering the fact that no matter where you go in Rome, there is always something fancy to see. We walked past a piazza (square) with a fountain, down past a massive palace, and a long street's length of interesting ruins before finally making it to the Colosseum area. We also stabbed a Centurion on the way.

Colessum- it is much bigger than I had imagined it to be walking up towards it (seconded - I actually found it much more impressive on the approach, once you're inside the effect is kind of diminished) sure was mind blowing ruins and trees everywhere. 

I love these trees!!! (clear blue skies all day 17C) This picture was taken within Palantine Hill / Roman Forum pretty much  a whole bunch of really important government buildings and palaces back in the day that have been turned into ruins. A very pleasant walk through. Also, with the Roma Pass entry into the Colosseum and this place, which is pretty expansive, only counts as one of your free entries. Plus the queues here are super long, skipping them is nice.

From there it lead us to Argentina Square, after we exited strolled over to the streets to Campo de' Fiori to check out some vendors, pasta stands, tourist junk and all manner of ristorantes. Here we bought lunch our first meal, since the restaurants were all packed we grabbed some pizza sandwiches and a sprite which costed us less than 10 Euros.

Our lunch!

A clown that went around causing a ruckus, squirting children and dogs with his water gun,  holding hands with ladies that are walking by with their boyfriends. Of course afterwards he went around and asked for money.

Pasta vendor galore.