Today Hanna and I went on a mission to visit gelato places. My book recommended this place called San Crispino, and hers recommended this place called Giolitti. Naturally, we decided to go to both!
We woke up quite late, I think we are both still sleep deprived! We left the hostel at around noon and went to the Spanish steps. The guy who works at the hostel was saying that the steps are really boring, but I found the area very pretty! They are indeed a nice set of steps with a church (I think it is a church) at the back. We were taking a timed photo and this fat guy in a green shirt just stood in front of our camera!! So of course he took up half of our photo and I was very angry and me and Hanna were like, "stupid guy!!!" But apparently he understands English and his girlfriend does too and they got mad at US. If my boyfriend ruined someone's photo I would totally be like, SORRY and offer to take one for them. Stupid tourists :P
We walked up to Villa Medici, a nice...palace I suppose, but there was an entrance fee so we decided to skip it. From there we went to the first Gelato place, San Crispino. They are famous for their honey gelato, which was really good! Hanna only got one flavour, but I was greedy and got three--honey, chocolate rum, and vanilla bourbon. All three were delicious! After this we went to see the famous fountain that everyone throws a coin over their shoulder...I cannot remember the name...Fountain Trevani? Ugh, perhaps I have been traveling too long. It is a very pretty fountain, and supposedly you are supposed to stand with your back facing it and then throw a coin over your shoulder to guarantee your safe return to Rome, and then throw another coin to get a wish. At least, that is what my book says. But at the fountain there is this guy who has a stick with a magnet on it; he fishes out the coins! So I threw mine in super far because I want to make sure my wish does not get taken out, kekekeke.
After this we went to eat at the 2nd gelato place! I got a tiramisu, but it was just okay, so I ended up getting ice cream as well. The watermelon gelato is soooooo good! It tastes JUST like watermelon, not too sweet and very refreshing. Other watermelon sorbets that I have had were too sweet, but this one really tasted like it should be healthy for you...even though it most likely is not. I tried champagne flavored gelato but is was really sour...and a Ricotta cheese flavored gelato that just was not very good.
After this we went and saw the Piazza Republica, which is not that nice. There is something about Italy that makes you slow down though. I think it is a place where you can go and sit in a cafe for hours and not feel bored. Tommorow we will take a train to Florence though, and from Florence we will likely do day trips to Pisa and Sienna.
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