VI. Rainy Rome

Captain’s Log: Saturday, 31 March 2018

Accommodation: Ciak Hostel, Rome

Distance: A lot

Weather: warm but rainy, with thunder

We had a slow start in the morning, since we now did not have a limited time for breakfast. But we still got up at a reasonable time.

After having breakfast we went to the supermarket, getting enough stuff to eat and to cook for the next couple of days. Since we have a good kitchen, almost for ourselves, we have to use it, right?

Oh, my the way before I forget it completely, in the hostel in Naples, every breakfast table had one of these standing around.

That was like, 3kg of pure agony, since I was still not eating chocolate and everything similar to it. Where do you even get these things?

Anyway, after storing our food back at the hostel, we went towards the Colosseum again. Since it was a rainy day, we decided to have a look into a museum, which sounded interesting, the Crypta Balbi, one of the National Museums. On our way there, we passed the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus and the Piazza Venezia.

As you can see, it was quite crowded already. We already planned to go inside, just not today.

I was, and I still am, and I guess I will always be impressed by the Altare della Patria. It is just such an amazing piece of architecture, I just love walking past it, just as I love walking past the Colosseum.

And since you have asked now for a proper picture, here we are at the remains of the Circus Maximus.

Finally we arrived at the Museum, which seemed to be a little bit small in the first impression, but after we found the stairs, we quickly thought differently.

It had a cellar and a second floor, so we spent quite some time in there.

Afterwards we just walked around a little bit more, until the rain kinda forced us going back to the hostel.

We even had a short thunderstorm with quite strong thunder. But I have to say, the images still look pretty nice with the dark clouds in the background.

In the early evening we arrived in the hostel again, where we relaxed a bit before we started cooking pasta. Fortunately I had taken my spices with me from home, which was still one of the better ideas I ever had, because the food was so tasty. And I also have to admit, having a trained cook with you on your journey has nice advantages.