4/24/15 day 6: Roma, IT

Up at 8 for espresso and a brioche. On the road back to Cesano for another afternoon in Roma. Caught the 10:03 to St Pietro. The plan was to hit the cathedral, Parthenon, and colosseum.

We started out the same route as yesterday, but instead of heading to the bar we went to a gelato joint. Always a good start to the day. Headed east on foot to Piazza Nuova, Pantheon, Campers store (picked up some fresh new kicks), then the Trevi Fountain (under repair), steps we thought were Spanish (turns out they were just steps) and then made our way south to the Coloseum. Behold. Pictures of very old things...

You should see the statue's front side. I spared you...

Pantheon

Oculus selfie... It's a new thing.

Inside the pantheon

An old bit of something...

More old stuff on the way to the Coloseum...

Coloseum Cascading Selfie. It's a thing.

Coloseum. Very impressive. And yeah, wicked old.

This statute had such a striking resemblance to Jeff I just had to take a shot.

Then we hopped the metro at the Coloseum to Station Ostiense and then the train to Trastevere and walked around for 45 minutes and had lunch, Rome style....

A little pizza fungi, ham, and suppli (fried rice Twinkie with mozzarella).

Hopped the 2:41 back to Cesane. Tired. But satisfied we put a hurt on Rome. Didn't see it all, but that just gives us a reason or two to come back. Oh, and they have a great IPA I need to try.

Took at hard nap for an hr before waking up and hopping in the shower. We left for Cross Roads Live at 5:40. We drove past the Cesane train station and it was about 10 minutes down the same road.

Cross Roads Live is a big room (1000 capacity standing) with a great stage and great sound men to make it sound sensual. With tables and chairs it's smaller, but no less sensual.

We had dinner at 8; bruschetta and pasta with eggplant and zucchini and red wine at 8. Opener hit at 10. They were kind enough to have us up for The Weight, which was their last song. We warmed in the green room bathroom (for the acoustics) and then walked back on stage at 10:35.

We slayed our set. Played 90 minutes of just the hits and had a swarm at the merch table after.  It was a lovely feeling. Had a ton of great compliments and kind words from the audience and staff.

I'm sure we will come back. Magic night.

The drive home was hairy. Crazy fog made it borderline impossible to see, but we took our time and made it home in one piece. Tomorrow Vignola!