Italy Part 9: Rome - Neighborhoods

We arrived in Rome mid-day on May 22. From the Termini train station, we walked about 50 minutes to our apartment just around the corner from Campo dei Fiori. It wasn't until we'd been there a couple days that we figured out the public transportation system and realized we could've made the journey by bus in maybe 10 minutes. :)

The street our apartment was on

Anyhow, Campo dei Fiori plays host to a huge farmers' market every morning.

A few of the many, many booths with fresh produce

Pasta. Just pasta!

Oils, pastas, pestos, etc....

We wandered up a few side streets and found:

Lovely Gucci ad....

Details of that big fountain in the middle,

the one with the obelisk sticking out of the top.

In the evening, we walked northwest until we came to the river. This view greeted us:

The dome of St. Peter's in the Vatican City

And when we turned slightly to the north, we saw:

Castel Sant'Angelo

I wanted to go in, but I didn't get the chance on this trip.
Next time!

Another evening, we took a walk in Trastevere - a neighborhood to the south of our apartment - and had dinner at a great little restaurant called Vincenzo alla Lungharezza. On the way there, I snapped this photo:

More later....