Hot sticky Rome

Holly writes:

Day 46

The last day we woke up in Positano was a sad day. They were by faaaaaaaaaar my favourite hosts. We will never forget their lovely treats (YUM!!!), the never ending veg garden (which we also got a taste of) and the view from their very own tiny ruins. 

After driving for three hours and getting lost in the middle of Rome's maze of streets we arrived in our tiny apartment. Outside in the courtyard is one of the first clocks ever made that is run by water. There are only two of them left. The other is somewhere else in Rome. The apartment is tourism central and after waiting three hours for Dad to drop off the car at the airport and come home we set out for some site seeing.

First stop, the Pantheon. Unfortunately closed to tourists while a church service was on. Next we walked to a very big fountain called Trevi. It was to give fresh water to the people of the city. There were elaborate statues of a calm horse and a restless horse, abundance and health in human form, an old man and a young man and smack bang in the middle was a statue of ocean 6 metres tall. If you chucked a coin in the fountain and wished to come back to Rome you supposedly would. When Dad was here 20 years ago he did and surprise surprise he's back! We all threw in a coin.

We made our way to the Spanish steps. These were under repair so climbing them was not an option. We drunk from a smaller fountain which had water spouts for filling your drink bottle. James got his whole head wet but I just drunk out of my hands.

Now back home mum is cooking pasta (We are basically Italians now) and then going out for gelato after.

Arriverderci,

Holly