{adventures abroad} roma: day one - roaming rome

when we arrived in rome, it was raining {this seems to be a recurring theme in our travels. at this point we consider it good luck}.  exhausted and jetlagged, we dropped our bags at our hotel near vatican city and go for our traditional first-day walkabout...

{sweet little glass bead shop}

{who can resist mustache pizza?}

{piazza navona}

and then before we knew it, it was time to head back to the hotel to partake in that most fantastic of european customs: siesta!

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we woke up from our much-needed nap quite refreshed and had a drink on the balcony before heading out in search of more amazing rome-ness...

{we filled our bottles from the sinking boat fountain}

after our delicious pasta dinner at the foot of the pantheon, we got dessert at the world-famous giolitti and wandered home in a gelato-induced haze.