Saturday Night in Rome

Wow wow wow what a great night was had in the city it is a pretty city by night all lit up.
It was a hot afternoon and as we make our way into the city, a summer rain shower came over and cools off Rome, its a beautiful fresh smell as the dust settles. Mind you prior to the rain stoping we walked the cobble stones allies getting a bit wet in search of a restaurant even under our umbrellas. But who cares we are in Rome on a Saturday night and the atmosphere is so electric, so modern with a backdrop of such an ancient city there are people everywhere and all having fun.

Today and over our last several days it has been so quiet on the roads for a city of 6 million. It is their summer holidays and for the last 2 weeks of August is the major holiday time and they all go to the beach or to the mountains, it is so quite compared to when we were here in April, driving the roads where the traffic is flowing so easy unlike April when the roads were like one big car park. It is normally so hot like our February but this summer season has been their mildest summer for decades.

Still a bit on the wet side so we slip in to a little trattoria for some naughty but nice deep fried starters of Suppli a rice ball cooked in tomato broth then warped around mozzarella and crumbed, some olives stuffed with mince pork and also crumbed + some pumpkin flowers filled with mozzarella and coated in a light batter followed by pasta and pizza. It's a celebration night as it is our last with the guys in Roma so we order a bottle of Amarone a fantastic red from Northern Italy in the lakes district, fell in love with it up there then.

After dinner we head to the riverside for the open air markets, bars, music and more entertainment. It is several flights of very old and wet stairs from the Rome of today down to the river side, they must get some serious floods. Can't believe how far the markets stretch but being only 1 vender wide and a walkway it just seams to go for ever. The views over the river to St Peters is breathtaking and again there are people everywhere the night has bought them out for the last weeks of summer to enjoy each other company and some great music.