Rome, not so bad after all

9/19/13 10:32 pm
We spent some time in the hotel room searching for the best pizza in Rome that was within a reasonable distance. We walked over near the Colliseum which took about a half an hour and found Li Rioni. As the Guardian reviewer claimed, the pizza was cracker thin and fantastic. Simple fare at a very reasonable price. When we sat down, there were only tourists as far as we could tell, but later into the evening the Italians started showing up (with their dogs), also noted by the reviewer. It was definitely off the beaten path and you would have had to know it was there because the whole building was obscured by restoration scaffolding. We had a pleasant meal and some fabulous tiramisu.
Afterward we wandered over to the Colliseum and took a few night photos. Everything is so much more grand in scale than I remember it. We have planned out some destinations for tomorrow including the Pantheon (top of my list; 1st century dome), gelato, Coliseum, The Forum, gelato, gelato, Market, gelato. We might stop for gelato at some point too.
Kevin is cooling off in the shower and I'm trying desperately not to scratch my mosquito bites! All is good, check back tomorrow!