After a big breakfast in the hotel we decided to explore Termini Station and get our questions answered at the tourist information there. We needed to find a laundromat, a place with wifi and information how to get to Cevitavecchia. We got most of it, except for the wifi. We found a laundromat nearby and took our dirty stuff there, paid 7 euro to a young man who was going to wash and dry and fold our clothes that we could pick up later. Then we walked down Via Cavour to the Colosseo and along Fori Imperiali to Piazza Venezia and from there to the area called Campo de Fiori. Bo read in her guidebook that Via dei Giubbonari in that area is one of the best shopping streets for shoes and clothes. It didn’t disappoint. It also took us to piazza de Fiori with its lively fruit and vegetable market where we had some fruit. We walked around Campo de Fiori some more and when we got tired, we stopped at an outdoor café for some wine and beer. Refreshed, we decided to cross the Tiber to visit the neighborhood called Trastevere. It’s a very picturesque maze of narrow streets with lots of cafes, restaurants, pizzerias. We walked and walked and walked and when we got hungry, we stopped at a small pizzeria for some local pizza. They have large pizzas there and cut you a piece the size you want, weigh it and warm it for you. We had a piece of pizza with cheese and arrugula and another with mushrooms. Both were delicious. After that, we took a bus back to Termini, picked up our laundry and collapsed in the hotel.
We are now sitting in a small restaurant near the Pantheon, one of extremely few places that have WiFi here. Most places that do have it charge between 5 and 10 euro per hour. This is free -- with two beers that we needed anyway after another long walk.
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