Venezia, Venezia

We arrived in Venezia yesterday and all of us are happy to be here.  Our apartment is great, very comfortable and immaculate -a huge improvement on the apartment in Piazza Tuscolo in Rome which was grimy and needed a good clean.

Rob's cousins Rosaria and Livio met us at the station.  They are really lovely people and it was great to see them again and for Sarah & Paul to meet them.

Taberna Recina

On our last night in Rome before heading off to Venice we again went to the Taberna Recina for dinner. Even though a few of us were really tired we still had a good time and the food was outstanding.

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Rigatoni alla gricia

Linguine dell Vesuvio alle cozze e carciofi

Tortilgloni del Vesuvio tonno fresco e zucca

Brasato di chianina al vino rosso

Zuppette di seppie, vongole e fagioli cannelini

Bistecca di chianina ai ferri

Rughetta e pomodori

Cicoria di campo

Campidoglio pt 2

Case Romane Del Celio

Underneath the Basilica of Ss Giovanni e Paolo in Clivo di Scauro, Celio is a Roman house complex dating from the 5th century AD.
Case Romane
The buildings have been carefully restored and have some painted rooms which are in good condition.  I hadn't heard about this site until we saw Prof Mary Beard's series "Meet the Romans".  It is really worth a visit. We had the place to ourselves and wandered around for ages. When we come back to Rome in a few weeks we'll do a tour so that we can learn a bit more about the place.
Thank you Mary Beard!

Lo shopping

Jules & Rob went to Cinecitta and went on a tour.  Jules was in his element and both he and Rob took  heaps of good photos.
Sarah, Paul & I spent ages shopping in Cola di Rienzo.
Will post photos later today.