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The fountain in our little courtyard still illuminated in the morning.08:29:54
We walked from the apartment to the Forum, passing Piazza Venezia on the way.08:37:21
Parts of the Forum.08:54:50
After dealing with another rude and surly member of staff at the ticket office, here we are inside the Forum.
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I liked this bit of fallen masonry.08:58:27
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It ended up a bit of a rushed visit of the Forum as we had a fixed time entry to the Colosseum - we should probably have gone to the Forum afterwards instead.09:03:12
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Now in the Colosseum.09:57:49
I tried to avoid people in the photos as much as possible but like everything else in Rome this was packed.09:58:24
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Looked a bit nicer back then!10:23:25
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We left the Coloseum here and decided to go and find a cafe.
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Nice building on the way covered in greenery.11:16:23
In the cafe I had chosen for our morning coffee.11:16:29
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Actually somehow we ended up ordering these big salad bowls. It felt like we hadn't actually eaten a lot of vegetables the past few days.
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Don't even remember where this was taken!14:05:42
After popping back to the apartment for a bit we decided we should go out and have a late (or perhaps second?) lunch so went to this fast food style pasta place.14:06:00
The pasta e fagioli was very nice actually.14:06:04
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Then of course gelato because god forbid we had a day in Italy with gelato.16:46:49
Then after (I think) returning to the apartment again for a bit, I managed to coax Erika back out again for an early aperitivo at this impressive cafe called Canova Tadolini which was filled with scupltures.16:56:39
Me having a Negroni.16:56:42
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Outside Canova Tadolini.17:15:19
Erika and a florists stall she liked the look of.17:20:59
Erika wanting to take pictures of all these tree planters which had been painted with characters from the Lego Movie.
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I popped out again to try this cocktail bar round the corner from the apartment.18:24:58
This was an aviation which I thought had been spoiled by this annoying foam on top.20:19:15
For dinner, Yoko-san wasn't feeling very well, so just the three of us went out to eat at this apparently very traditional Roman cuisine restaurant called La Campana - which being very traditional and authentic and serving the local cuisine was of course entirely filled with tourists. 20:19:17
My tagliatelle (or maybe they called it fettucine) with black truffle. The pasta was good but why put a truffle through what appears to be a cheese grater like this? Surely it's meant to be sliced with a proper truffle slicer? I found this a bit odd.
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Back at the flat, Erika's second gelato of the day!