Hmm. Rome was lots of fun. The best thing about Rome is that it is really warm. Seriously. T-shirt weather <3 (I caught the sun a little though)
We ate so much over the weekend, mostly desserts. I think I spent the whole time on a constant sugar high. It went a bit like:
Biscuits
Croissant
Kinder egg thing
Ice-cream (2 flavours)
Strawberry Easter cake
Ice-cream
Strawberrys and cream
Chocolate Easter cake
Ice-cream (2 flavours)
Strawberry tiramisu
Chocolate Easter cake
Biscuits
Ice-cream (3 flavours)
Profiterole Easter cake
Some chocolate Easter egg
Profiterole Easter cake
Hot chocolate
0_0 In only 4 days too. Jesus.
So Rome is a very pretty place (if you discount their idea of road safety, which is basically non-existant). There are so many small streets ending in piazzas with fountains and extravagant churches.
Photos!
On Sunday, Easter Sunday, we only went to the Vatican, and we only saw the freaking Pope! It involved standing in a heaving crowd for hours in the sun, but it was pretty awesome to be there.
We sat in on another mass on good Friday too. I will say this for Catholics; they know how to do their religion in style. I mean, if you're going to bother doing all that nonsense, you may as well do it with a bit of pazzazz (the churches in this country seem so plain in comparison).
Finally: pretending to be Charlie's angels 4 teh win!
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The kinder eggs we had were so nice! They were called kinder merendo, I think, and had this kind of soft chocolate that you ate with a spoon, with two big crunchy ball things in the middle (that was one half of the egg, the other half was a toy). But I do love kinder surprise too, maybe my favourite thing when I was little :D
It’s illegal to sell absinthe in the US?? Actually, come to think of it, I don’t know if you can buy it here or not. We’ve had some sitting in our kitchen for ages, it was bought when we went to Prague. Not that I drink at all, but absinthe is fun to watch, especially if you do all the sugar and fire stuff (but don’t set the tablecloth alight, um..)
Hi! Yay for pictures! We want more …and I expect a full account of the trip in writing! ;) …do I hear the postman coming? I agree with you on the food. We mainly ate pasta and anything that has sugar in it. the kinder suprise thingy is soo expensive in NY…we just kept buying those, along with other sugary snacks including those that looked like dentures, toothpaste, toothbrushes, pink slugs, blue alligators etc. on a nearly daily piligrimage to the local candy shop. We planned to bring some of that stuff to share at home but because of….customs (yes, customs, that’s it!) …we had to consume all of it before leaving the country. I also had chocolate with Absinth in it! I wanted to bring a bottle of that stuff home since it’s illegal to sell it in the US but it is legal to own and consume. But it was just too heavy (and it cost 30 euros) My sister ate past 3 out of 4 night in the city. Still, the icecream was the best!!!
Oh, I absolutely agree with you about the Catholic church, if one has to sit/stand through mass wouldn’t one rather do that in a pretty cathedrl (and it will keep one occupied if she is bored) instaed of those plain little things.
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