Rome if you want to, Rome around the world!

Season 1, Episode 3

(Thanks B52's for the title inspiration!)

Two delicious Bellini drinks at Harry's Bar

Continuing on our Italian journey, next stop was Rome.  While we unfortunately ran out of time to visit the original Harry's Bar in Venice, we were delighted that Harry's Bar Rome was directly across the street from our hotel (Marriott Grand Flora).  The Bellini is believed to have been created by the founder of Harry's, so we had to stop in and give them a whirl for an early afternoon happy hour!  Delicious but definitely dented the wallet.  Still, somehow we managed to enjoy several (each).

View of the Vatican from rooftop of Marriott Grand Flora

We are always fans of smaller and private tours versus those which are large groups.  Though we've been to the Colosseum before, this time we embarked on a quest to go down into the Colosseum underground, where the prep (and cleanup) work was done for the gladiator battles above.

Underground Colosseum!

Highly recommend Real Rome Tours (http://www.realrometours.com) and the "Colosseum Underground Tour".  Our guide Ferdinando was excellent, a true expert with a Ph.D. in archeology.   Often tour guides just have a script memorized and view it simply as a job, but Ferdinando has true passion and respect for his work.  If you can get him as a guide, you will learn a lot.

And what better way to quench our thirst after a summer day touring Rome than with delicious draft Peroni!   Three different types.   I love Rome.

Fantastic!  Three different Peroni brews on draft!