{"id":24086,"date":"2016-07-31T09:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=24086"},"modified":"2016-07-30T18:06:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T02:06:53","slug":"rome-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=24086","title":{"rendered":"Rome, day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

We left Israel very early (and by early, I mean 3 AM) on a Sunday. While it’s no fun to get up in the\u00c2\u00a0middle of the night for any reason, our travels that morning couldn’t have gone better. Our flight to Rome from Tel Aviv was not only on time but got in early, our pre-arranged transportation was waiting for us at the airport, and we were at our (very cute) Rome apartment by 9 AM! After a breakfast of espressos and pastries we checked out the nearby – and famous -\u00c2\u00a0Trevi Fountain<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0)see photo 1) before fighting fatigue by doing more shopping and exploring (me, Safta and Pop Pop) or\u00c2\u00a0relaxing back at our place (Q and the girls).<\/p>\n

That afternoon the six of us hopped on golf carts for a four-hour tour of the city; we had arranged the tour before we got there, and it was one of the smartest things we did. We would only be in Rome for a short period, and were able to see a lot more than we could have on foot without a tour guide. Our fabulous guide (named Valerio) zipped us all around the city – hitting, among other spots, the gorgeous Villa Borghese<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0gardens (where we stood on the Temple of Diana and saw gorgeous views of the city – see photos 3-5)\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0Piazza del Popolo<\/a>, the famous Spanish Steps<\/a> (though they were closed for renovation), the ruins of Circus Maximus<\/a>, the Colosseum<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(see photo 6), the\u00c2\u00a0San Pietro in Vincoli<\/a> (the church that houses Michelangelo’s statue of Moses – see photo 7), the\u00c2\u00a0Piazza Navona<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(one of Q’s favorite spots in the city – see photo 8), and the Jewish ghetto (though much of it was closed). We also stopped for gelato and pizza, as you do in Rome!<\/p>\n

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