Day 7, Rome

At least I think it's day 7, I'm completely out of touch with such things as dates, days of the week and other such non-essentials. I am now in Rome, after passing through Naples again yesterday. I had just finished the Italy section of Eat Pray Love and read the part about the best pizza in the world being in Naples at Pizzeria da Michele, just a few minutes walk from the train station, so of course I had to try it. It was alright, but to be honest the crust was so thin that it was totally soggy. Oh well, maybe I don't know what good pizza really is. Once I made it to Rome I checked into what might possibly be the smallest hotel room ever. Imagine one foot of walking space on either side of a twin bed....but at least I have a private bathroom, something of a luxury around here. I then did a Twilight Tour of Rome, where we saw the famous Trevi Fountain among many other things. We even went to the same gelateria, San Crispino, that is also referenced in

Eat Pray Love, but this time it was the tour guide's idea. I had a combo of honey and cinnamon ginger, just as is recommended and it was rather tasty. However, I had some gelato today at a place near the Vatican that blew all my other gelato experiences away. The flavor was Mousse di Panna Cotta. I took the first bite while walking and had to immediately find a place to sit down and pay the attention to this gelato that it deserved. Oh, and about the Vatican, it was pretty neat and our tour guide did a good job of narrating the story told by the Sistine Chapel which was amazing, but otherwise I was underwhelmed. I guess I expected the pope to be walking around in his pope hat shaking hands or something. I did like this guy in the picture though...he was guarding an entrance of sorts but I thought guards were supposed to be intimidating....this guy is just funny, right? Well, my time is about up and I need to see the Pantheon before it closes tonight. Tomorrow is the Colosseum and all that stuff, then it's off to Florence. Ciao!