We retraced
our steps along Via Trionfale and stopped to pick up bread from Panificio Bonci
then we visited the Trionfale market to
shop for tonight’s dinner. We were
spoilt for choice with all the stalls.
However
there was one stall we just had to visit in order to get our 2 litre bottle
filled with a local red wine that is perfect to drink at lunchtime and only
costs €2.50!
Made
our way to Franchi to check out their Tavolo Caldo but it didn’t look as good
as Roscioli’s yesterday.
Back
on the metro to Cavour via Termini and then popped into Elite supermarket to pick
up drinks for aperitivo time. My husband refers to this as ‘the expensive
supermarket’ but it appears to be the only place close to us to buy small
bottles of ready made Campari spritz – Aperol is just not the same.
Stopped
off at Gaudeo for Panini for lunch then back to the apartment just in time
to let in a representative from the rental agency who is hopefully going to fix
the WiFi problem.
After lunch we planned to visit an old haunt
of ours in Trastevere. We first met Andrea when we were stranded in Rome due to
the volcanic ash cloud in 2010. We have managed to catch up with him on every
trip since but sadly this time his bar was shuttered up and the phone line was
dead when we tried to call.
We
crossed back over Ponte Sisto and walked part way up Via Guilia to the bus
stop. This street was laid out by Bramante for Pope Julius II and has many
points of interest along the way. We passed the Mascherone Fountain, which once
spouted wine.
Also
the spooky church of Santa Maria dell’Orazione e Morte. The latter has very
macabre decorations on the exterior. The church was founded in the 16th century in order to
collect bodies of the unknown dead and give them a Christian burial.
A
picturesque arch spans the Via Giulia at this point which is all that remains
of Michelangelo’s plan to link the two Farnese palaces either side of the
Tiber.
The
bus drops us right outside Podere Vecciano on Via Serpenti so we pop in to buy
a bottle of wine that is produced from the owners vineyard in Tuscany.
Aperitivo
& dinner in our apartment tonight using the goodies we bought at the market
– Caprese salad to start followed by Straccetti con Ruccola.
Dessert
is gelato from Fatamorgana – tonight’s flavour of choice is Bianca Neve (Snow
White), vanilla, apple & raspberry. Mmmmm. And thus ends another day.