Rome in the Streets, Ravioli in the Sheets

Day: 239

Towns / Cities Visited: 154

Countries Visited: 28

Steps Taken Today: 19,898

Steps Taken Around the World: 3,924,097

Today was the day we would finally explore the labyrinth which is the heart of Italy’s capital. Rome was calling, but there was no timed schedule and thus we rose after a lie in, refreshed and ready to face the day ahead. Now, naturally, the best way to start a big day of adventure, is to dig into a solid breakfast, and with dinner falling onto my shoulders this evening, my brother decided to handle the morning meal. Given that he had braved the culinary stores of the city the previous day in search of a pasta machine and a cutter for tonight’s ravioli, our simple but tasty breakfast consisted of some rustically cut tomatoes and fresh buffalo mozzarella (trust me, sharp knives are few and far between in the world of Airbnb), a little roquette, and some turtle shaped fried eggs on sourdough toast (thanks to a cute little cutter he’d bought me as a gift). Mum was still feeling a little under the weather and wasn’t sure if she’d have the stamina for the extensive walking; however, she downed her breakfast, took a few cold and flu tablets, and marched out of the house with us like the trooper she is.