Rome!

After a quick turnaround to unpack the camino, wash clothes and dust the apt, we packed an entirely different set of clothes and flew to Rome today. After 15 nights in a different bed each night on the camino, we will have 7 days in the same bed. What luxury.

We are staying in Rome in a place called the Beehive http://www.the-beehive and it's great. Welcoming, comfortable, and lots of suggestions for dinner, activities, walks, etc. We even have our own little terrace and a shared kitchenette so we can make coffee/tea, snacks, etc.

We went for a bit of a neighbourhood walk to find a gelateria and there'll be pics of that when we actually buy something. But we were hungry for dinner and so at 8:30 stopped in at the restaurant beside the hostal. We were so hungry that we started to eat before I remembered to take a pic. Prosciutto with mozzarella:

I then had the homemade gnocchi with butter and sage and Les had the lasagna, both of which were fabulous.

And then the drama started. By this time, it was 9:30 and only one other table was occupied. Then a table for eight was set up, carafes of wine, baskets of bread, bottles of water, the whole deal and the staff waited......

And then they came.....but only six, so they rearranged the table so it was cozy.

We figured trouble was afoot. At one point the waiter bent down to pick something up and I figured it was a bullet casing ;-) We let our imaginations run wild and had ourselves laughing as these six men sat down, obviously some meeting for the first time, and we're so enjoying each other's company. 

I'd love to have figured out what the meeting was about, but I think it was pretty tame.