Vacation. Or something like it...

So my dearest apology goes out to everyone who has been waiting for a update I know its been overdue but there is a reason behind it. we were planning to go to Rome and we did. The entire week we were in the kitchen and working around the complex as much as possible to get out hours up so we could take a 3 day vacation to Rome because the opportunity probly wont ever come again.

Brewed in Dublin, Not Canada.

Our work week was a normal one, nothing out of the ordinary, we did a-lot of prep work for making dried sausage which the made while we were away but we were still able to learn the basics. We we all set for hours come Saturday so we planned to take a train at 11:30 to Rome but we somehow missed it. We got our tickets pushed back to 3:30 so we walked around Foggia to burn time and found a kebab house which made probably the best falafal Ive ever had. After a quick, large, bite to eat we headed back to the train station making sure we didn't miss this train. We didn't, we were headed to Rome at 3:30 and finally got there at 6. Once we got off the train we instantly could see how small Orsara really was compared to the nations capital, we were in somewhat of awe that we really were in a town wich some much history as to the way the entire world had shaped itself. We found a hotel rather quickly, unpacked, and hit the town. We walked around just to mainly sight see a little before our day trip on sunday but we eneded up stumbleing upon the Roman Coliseum. Now knowing where that was ahead of time we had our day already mapped out as to where we would start. After a few quick pictures there we continued walking and found a reasturaunt to get some dinner. Now this really was an eye-opener to us that even in a nation so based upon fresh food and good ingredients we still managed to stumble upon a restaurant that used food product more likely found in a T.G.I.F from the states. Regardless of the quality of the food we were able to get a good pint of Guinness and we called it a night.


On Sunday we woke up early in order to try and beat the massive hoards of tourists in Rome (More than you would think) We headed straight for the Coliseum. We made it in a good time and just as we hoped before everyone else, we walked around snapped a bunch of photos and just tried to take in all the history that was around us, it was Somewhat surreal to us both. After a few laps of the Coliseum and taking photos from every possible angle we left and headed out to find our next destination. Not really sure where to go seeing as we didn't have a map and no tour guide it was pretty much our own luck to find everything we did. As we were walking we came across Julius Ceasers Palace Remains, as we were looking around we also saw a museum exhibit for Vincent Van Goh so we stopped in. Not exactly my cup of tea but it was interesting none the less, from there we continued walking mainly directed by our hunger and the tallest building we could find.
This strategy worked fairly well, when we finally reached whatever building structure we were walking to , snapping as many photos as humanly possible, we just looked for another tall building or the nearest place to get food. And believe it or not with only this strategy as our tour guide we ended up stumbling upon Vatican City. We both couldn't stop laughing at the fact we some how found it and decided that if we made it this far we might as well go inside and that was unbelievable. Ive been in a few large churches in Italy already with some drastic and elaborate designs inside but without a doubt the Vatican church was the most beautiful. Some of the church was roped off due to a mass being in session but what we were able to see was un-forgettable. We proceeded to take another 40 pictures inside and continue on our tour.
We came across a few more monuments on our journey but nothing as big as what we had previously seen and there for decided to call it a day and made it back to the hotel around 6. A solid day considering the circumstances of what we were working with and neither of us were complaining. After a few hours rest we went back on the town to find somewhere to get dinner, hopefully better than the night before. As we were walking around we ended up stumbling upon the Spanish steps, just our luck right? With camera in hand I took the photos needed for memories and the hunt was back on. Now we didn't exactly find a restaurant but we found a bar and decided that if it was our last night in Rome, and this probably would never happen again, we should celebrate. I really can't write up how the night went but lets say neither one of us will forget how it went and it was a great last night in Rome. We caught a cab back to the hotel and finally ended our day around 3 a.m.

On Monday we both needed time for recovery from the entire day before so we uploaded all the video and photos we took and just relaxed. We had to leave before 12 so we wouldn't get charged for another day so with our train coming at 2:45 we walked around the train station and just tried to soak up the fact that we really were in Rome. We finally had to leave and we got back on the train and said our good-byes to the capital city and thanked it for all the fun we had. We made it back to Foggia with roughly 30 minutes before the bus to Orsara so we grabbed another falafal and remembered how much we really did love the small towns, the food is just that much better.

It was easily one of the greatest experiences i've had and I have no problem going back if anyone needs a tour guide. Not sure what we have planned for this week but we are going to do a catering event in Bari on Friday so that's going to be good.


Until Then.
Pace&Amore
-R