We had a lovely evening in the eternal city with a really long walk past all of Bernini’s beautiful fountains. To the Pantheon, my favourite Piazza Navona, and then right down through the amazing Forum to the Coliseum. I love Rome. It feels the closest thing that one can ever have to a live history lesson. The Forum is astounding. Sitting in the middle of a busy city, I think that it is amazing that one can be just out for an evening stroll and there beside you are arches, temples and forums from a couple of hundred years BC. As we walked and walked and walked the temples became all the more magical as the lights flickered over great Roman columns. Lydia of course had to play with the cats amongst the ruins and it always feels slightly strange that you can stop and have a little sit on a piece of BC Roman history. We really have had lovely places to rest our heads and the Residenzia Cellini was no different. I have stayed there before but not for many years and had forgotten how fantastic the location was – a short walk from Termini and Republica. We had a lovely dinner just around the corner and then fell into a deep slumber – the average of 25,000 steps a day is damn exhausting.
The eternal city
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Sleeping under the stars 