The 'rents are in town!!

I just said goodbye to my parents after a fabulous week long visit. I will try to remember all that happened since. They came to Rome last Saturday in the morning and I met them at their hotel (right at the top of the Spanish steps, pretty fancy, huh?) and we walked around the city a bit. I don't remember it raining but it probably was. For lunch we went to a really great seafood place called Ristorante Crispi on Via Crispi. Then we looked at all the fancy shops on Via Condotti and went to a caffe in Piazza Navona. I also took them by peanut/Steeler's bar and we got Daisy and Steve an asciugamano terribile. That night we went to dinner at a restaurant outside the city, I think on the Appian way with Stefano, Donatella, Pier Luigi, Lucrezia, Maria Vittoria, and Matilda! The food was delicious and there were so many courses. I would list them but I honestly can't remember well enough since we have had so much to eat since then! 

Sunday we all went to the Maxxi museum in the north part of the city since it was raining all day. On the tram ride up, we saw a bunch of people going to the Rome-Lazio game. We saw a group of loud but not yet rowdy young Lazio guys. They had all their blue and white hidden under their coats though since they were still in Roma territory. The museum was neat, but I am not a big fan of modern art. For lunch we went to this great little place and ate for what felt like three hours. It was really good though and we finished just in time for dinner. Haha! That night we went to Trastevere and met Kathryn Van Sickle for dinner at a restaurant right in Piazza Santa Maria. 

Monday I had class all day but met Mama and Papa with Kim in Trastevere again. This time we went to a little Osteria/Pizzeria that was so so so so so delicious! Mama told the owner it was the best dinner they'd had and he gave them a free bottle of wine! Tuesday again, we met up for dinner this time in Monteverde. We went to the really great pizzeria La Gatta Mangiona. We got there right at 8 and it was empty but the guy said there wasn't space since all the reservations would be starting soon. We got a place though because we promised to be out by 9. It was probably for the best though because I had my Italian midterm the next day.