Day 22 - A Slower Day

Overall, today was a slower day.

We started our day a little bit later than normal, having slept in until around 9, but as we needed to find a laundromat and do a couple loads, we REALLY had a slow start.

Our host, Andrea, directed us to a laundromat nearby, which was great, but it was self-service, so we had to stick around for the next hour and bit to do the laundry ourselves.  In every other place we have done laundry, in Greece this trip and Thailand last, thy always just did it for you and then you could just pick it up at the end of the day.  So, as noon rolled around we finally headed out.

We made our way to the Jewish Ghetto, which is a 4 block around that housed some 8'000 Jews during the 19th century.  Rick Steve's lead us through the Ghetto and gave us some good background info.

As "it was really hot", Lindsay wanted to stay inside as much as possible, so we booked a tour of a really neat archaeological site/museum that is actually situated on top of an old domus (house) dating back to Ancient Rome.  The museum has all glass floors, and uses technology/lights/projectors/audio equipment to lead you through the whole house and explain how things were.  It was very worthwhile.

Then, in keeping with the "staying inside because it's too hot" bit, we actually retired to the B&B around 5:30, and stayed there until 8 or so, while Mike watched YouTube videos and Lindsay watched The Incredibles (which was the first movie we ever watched together, coincidentally).

We then went out for a quick bite to eat, walked around Piazza Novona, and made our way to the Spanish Steps to just sit and relax.

While there, Lindsay went to go sit on them while I took a few pictures, and within that short amount of time I was gone she had attracted two Italian gentlemen, who were trying to talk to her.  They were definitely 10 years our senior, and were a little creepy, so she was more than relieved when I got to her a couple minutes later, and they immediately left.  We then watched them for the next 15 minutes as they scoped out other potential "special friends".

We eventually made our way back to our room and called it a night.