I have come to the very easy conclusion that the thing I like most about Rome is the food. Some of the pastries and bakery treats are like nothing you can buy in Aussie, and the delis are overwhelming in the variety of cheese and meats and everything else that they stock.
And the pasta... I have now had for lunch, three days in a row, bucatini all'amatriciana. It is so good. Today we went to the restaurant where amatriciana was meant to have begun. Regardless of whether this is true or not, it was delicious.
As well as gutsing myself today (thanks Tom for this lovely turn of phrase), I spent a bit of time wandering around the shops. Didn't really find much, but I did come across a street that had several shops selling items for priests. Not sure why this should be surprising (particularly in Rome - I have never seen so many priests in my life!), I guess I just never thought about the idea that priests would have to buy their garb from somewhere. I wonder if there are trends in their robes ('silver embroidery is out, this season, its all about the gold!')?
Yeah I heard the food in Italy was ok but it was hard to find a cold meat pie from a servo at 2am. The Pizzas in Oz are a lot better too (they haven't even discovered BBQ chicken pizzas!). Plus all that fancy sparkling water makes me a little gassy.
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