Rome day 6 and 7

Pictures from today.

My mom and I went shopping yesterday morning by the Spanish Steps. We didn’t realize we had to walk down the Spanish Steps to get to the shopping. I had to find a detour around the steps for the way back since my mom couldn’t deal without a railing. My parents have been impressed by my sense of direction. Mostly I just have a good memory.

I found assume shoes I absolutely loved. Unfortunately I couldn’t walk in them. If they weren’t so expensive I would have bought them anyway, but 150 euros is a lot for shoes you can’t walk in.

We went past a McDonald’s on our way to lunch and I had to go inside because it was the freakin’ fanciest McDonald’s I’ve ever seen. My mom bought a leather jacket, very expensive, but it’s very nice. I saw a jacket I liked there for 980, my mom told me I should try it on. “Why not?” she said. I didn’t try it on.

Melanie came and picked us up and drove the 3 hours (w/ traffic) to her house. Her and her husband, Sean, live outside of Naples. We had dinner together at a restaurant near their place. Delicious mozzarella. My mom and I shared an eggplant pizza. The dough was delicious. Reminded me of Naan.

Their dogs are very sweet. Miles greeted me this morning by making himself comfy on my lap. They have a very nice house. Big.They have a terrace on top with a pretty awesome view. I slept on their couch, I don’t think I ever slept so well on a couch before. Though, I woke up at 7:30 when my alarm went off and I was fine. I went back to sleep, I don’t know, for maybe an hour, and when I woke up again my neck hurt. I think it actually feels worse now. I don’t know what happened in that hour, but it wasn’t good.

Today we took a trip to Pompeii. Weather.com said it was going to be sunny with a high of 71. It didn’t rain much on the way there, didn’t rain on the way back, but boy did it pour while we were there. We got wet. We got very wet. I think I was too cold and miserable to really enjoy myself. The trip was worth it for the company though :)

The train ride was nice. Only took an hour and I got some hot tea to warm me up. Charged my cell too. Watched the pretty sunset. When we got back to Rome, it was about 10 degrees warmer and there wasn’t a drop of water on the ground.

After changing our socks and blow drying our shoes, we had dinner at a restaurant near the hotel. And yes, gelato. I had chocolate banana again. So good. That’s some top notch chocolate they use.