We arrived in Roma, Italy at 6pm. We finally made it!!! Our carry-on was with us, but we had to fill out a lost luggage form about out checked luggage. Talking with the airport customer service agent was Richard's first chance to use the tiny bit of Italian he learned, but the agent knows English much better than Richard knows Italian so, of course, the conversation is in English :)
Filling out a "lost luggage form" in a foreign country about luggage lost in another foreign country gave us almost no hope of actually getting our luggage, but we did it anyway and then went to find our Globus Monogram host.
We found our friendly host, and she quickly arranged our transport to the Cicerone Hotel.
We are exhausted from a long day, well, actually, day and half, but since we were on Roman time now we decide to stay up a little longer and go out to eat before getting some rest for the days to come. We venture out for our first night in Italy, and around the corner from the hotel we find a wonderful Italian ristorante, Ristorante il Pizzic8, for dinner.
Talk about a wonderful place for our first authentic Italian meal! We sat ouside at a nice little table and finally, finally relaxed! The weather was in the mid 60's with a nice breeze, the clear sky was a beautiful deep blue. We couldn't believe we were sitting on the streets of Roma, listening to everyone around us speaking Italian, eating authentic Italian food when just a few hours earlier we were in Birmingham, Alabama! It is still surreal to me.
What we had for our first authentic Italian meal:
- Antipasto di Mozzarella Bufafa {mozzarella bufafa is totally different from the states; its actually refreshing.}
- Primo: Spaghetti Carbonara {i wish i could cook pasta this perfectly. It was perfect. And the taste... OMG!}
- Primo: Fettucine al Bolognese
- Pan Dolce Con Fragole e Panna {sponge cake with strawberries. looking at the photo, you would think that the cake was is rich with the frosting, but it isn't, it is just the perfect sweetness and it is extremely light. And I'm not one for sweets. But it is delicious.}
- Caffe Latte
Roman Italian meals are simple within their ingredients, so that you can taste the fresh ingredients witihin each entree.
 Antipasto di Mozzarella Bufafa |  Fettucine al Bolognese |
 Spaghetti Carbonara |  Pan Dolce Con Fragole e Panna |
