Our time in Italy has truly flown by. We headed back to Rome before catching our flight to the states. One more ‘cool’ thing about those Bologna porticoes…….the sidewalk or terrazza. It was a smooth walk schlepping our bags to the train station.
Really hard to see, but there are a number of us all going in the same direction – to the train station.
Here are a few shots of the Italian countryside. Really hard to get great shots when you’re going +150 mph!
For our last night in Rome, we stayed at a hotel, Hotel Manfredi.
Interesting elevator to get to the 3rd floor for the reception desk. There were rules inside limiting people and/or luggage. FYI – one time another guest, reminded us that if all of us went inside, we would be over the limit. Ok. We followed the rules. One person stayed behind.
It was a very nice hotel, but after staying in AirBNBs the last 2 weeks, the space was a bit of a shock. Poor Adrienne ended up with a cot, a very nice cot, but a cot.
They packed a lot of things in the tiny space – remember there were 3 of us.
We were starving! The desk clerk recommended a walkable place for lunch: Dilla. He tried to make us a reservation, but no one would answer. We walked and got lucky! I believe we were the last ones to be seated with no reservation. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.
Eric ordered tuna tartare and Roman-braised artichokes.
Our last chance for Buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes.
While the girls ordered cacio pepe (left) and pasta carbonara (right).
Two fabulous desserts were ordered and shared.
While walking off our food intake, we came across this sight……….the eyes were a little strange. No matter, kids were still running up for photos.
Our last dinner in Rome was fabulous. The desk clerk made us reservations and they definitely were needed.
Starting with the bread service, we have definitely elevated our dining.
We shared seafood crudo. OMG! We could have ordered one for each of us. As it was, we each picked items that interested us until all was gone. It was fantastic.
I ordered stuffed ravioli (no, I don’t remember what the stuffing was………..). It was very good – much better than my selection in Florence.
Adrienne ordered the seafood medley – lots of different seafoody things.
Eric was delighted with his whole fried seabass. It was brought to the table to ‘show’ him before she deboned it. It was lying on pan-fried potatoes – which were delicious.
Desserts could not be denied. Adrienne loved her pistachio cake, Eric liked his gelato, and I loved my chocolate cake.
This was one of the few places, we walked down into the restaurant.
This was a totally great way to end our last night and stay in Italy.
We had a fabulous meal, a fabulous vacation and a fabulous time in Italy.
One last note…………….arranging our taxi to the airport proved interesting. Apparently, there was a marathon race in downtown Rome the next morning. We had to leave by 7am or getting out would require walking to a station, transferring to another station that could take us to the airport outside of the city center. We had plenty of time at the Rome airport. 🙂
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