Rome (Day 1) - Arrival in the Eternal City

After a 40 minute ride from the airport, we arrived in the Centro Storico where we were staying, the historical center of Rome. We booked an AirBnB room with a host who was very helpful. The apartment was located on a small street near the "Ponte Sisto," a pedestrian bridge over the Tiber River which connects the historical center with Trastevere (more on Trastevere later). The apartment was clean and conveniently located within walking distance of all the major sights. Happy to recommend it if you're traveling to Rome.



Below is the Ponte Sisto at night.

Above is the street where our apartment is located. In the distance, the Ponte Sisto.

It was late evening by the time we arrived, so we decided to just walk the area a little bit, which is not far from Campo De Fiori ("campo" means "square" in Italian). At night time, it's a busy square with plenty of restaurants surrounding it. 

(In the day time, it marks the location of the last remaining open air market in the center of Rome.)

We decided to stop by Forno Roscioli (According to google, "Forno" means "oven" when translated literally, but I believe it also refers to bakeries, so if you see a "Forno" it probably means a place that's gonna have some pizza, some breads, etc.). All located within a 30 second walk of each other, Roscioli also has a restaurant which is supposed to be really good but expensive. At Forno Roscioli, their pizza gets rave reviews. We opted for some very good Caprese bread, which began our love for tomatoes in Italy.

We continued on to our street Via De Pettinari, where there was a bakery called I Dolci Di Nonna Vincenza. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the dessert we got which was a Cassata Siciliana. I think it's a marzipan coating with some ricotta filling, quite good, but very sweet. At any rate, definitely recommend Nonna.

On top of that, we also tried a gelato place near our apartment. It was okay, but more on gelato tomorrow.