After having my head pretty well in my laptop for the last couple of days it was lovely to go roaming the streets of Roma with Tina. I decided that Tina really should start a travel blog focused on loos as after each loo stop, I got a report on the bathroom. We had a lovely day wandering in the Roman heat. For an Aussie, the heat was just bearable (only just I might point out) but for a Canadian from Winnipeg, Tina just went redder and redder. The day started out OK with lovely latte macchiato (yes my usual children’s milk) but after wandering for what seemed ages in the Roman sunshine Tina spotted what she thought would be a very grand loo. Must admit, I too was getting damn hot by that point. We walked into the very cool, very swish St Regis Roma on Via Vittorio E. Orlando with the singular aim of going to the loo – well that was until Tina spotted the bar. They have just spent 45 million dollars spiffing up the place and the price of our cocktails went some way to paying off the debt. We shut our eyes, ignored the price, scoffed down two and then staggered out the door after another loo stop. Well Tina is usually pretty sedate, but give a Winnipeg girl two delicious cocktails and what else is there to do but take a swim in a fountain. I stood waiting for the Carabinieri to come blowing their whistles and thought our next loo stop might be in the Tullianum.
Sleeping under the stars 