After our tour finished, we wandered back along the streets, heading generally towards our hotel. On the way, we stopped for coffee and some pizza/pasta – at which point a very friendly waiter offered to abduct me as I paid the bill. The boys offered me up for cash…! Of course.
Meanwhile, Carlos and Juan had taught Colin to say “Ciao Bella” and were encouraging him to say it to every pretty girl that passed. You can imagine this was causing some mixed (and very funny) reactions from the locals.
We continued on our walking tour, which soon became the boys first Roman Beer Crawl. Basically, this involved finding beer anywhere, and drinking it as we walked. Beer locations included:
1. The beer vending machine on the street. Yes beer in a VENDING MACHINE! Although the first one they bought was hilarious, as they couldn’t find the opener for the beer bottle, so Colin tried to be a tough Aussie and knock the lid off – unfortunately he smashed the bottle in the street instead! They got the hang of it later though.
2. Pretty much every café you pass sells a variety of beers. Usually Elli and I would be walking along, chatting and taking photos, when we would suddenly notice there were no boys with us. Needless to say, they would eventually magically reappear with fresh beers.
3. Finally, we found a beautiful little piazza tucked away off a side street. It had a tiny fountain, several cafes, and a huge group of locals sitting and drinking beer by the fountain. So we bought some drinks (beer for the boys, breezer for Elli, champagne in a cute mini bottle for me) and joined in. Within minutes we had made friends with some locals, and were chatting about Rome and getting restaurant recommendations. Beautiful!
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