World According to Pete

Wacky random ramblings about wacky random trips

Roma

June 27, 2025

Last Full Day in Italy

(more endless notes from March/April 2025) I know I advertised this post as being the last day… but it actually begins the night before 😂 Big moment coming up: our final dinner in Italy! We had asked the hotel to book us somewhere special… but after hiking around all day, we changed our minds: we… Continue reading

Food, Hotels, Italia, Italy, Roma, Rome, Travel

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June 26, 2025

Random Roma

We only just arrived this afternoon from Todi, but it’s dinnertime so we head out. Still desperate for something different, we googled “Indian near me” and found a pretty legit place. So legit in fact that they don’t ask you your preferred spice level, you will just eat it as it is served to you! Continue reading

Food, Hotels, Italia, Italy, Roma, Rome, Travel

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June 25, 2025

Good-bye Dear Todi

Wow how long can I drag out the end lol well in my defense, it is a bit emotional, the end of this entire month here. Will we choose to ever do such a thing again? Spoiler alert: probably 😀 We had one final dinner left in Todi, which we chose to spend in the… Continue reading

Bars, Food, Hotels, Italia, Italy, Roma, Rome, Todi, Travel

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April 26, 2025

Final Day in Rome, Then Off to Todi!

We got up kind of late, sort of on purpose: Sam’s clients are mostly on US time, so there’s little point in us adjusting to local European time if she’s gonna be on calls till 1:00AM every night–better for us to sleep in and try to stay more on a US-based schedule. That works better… Continue reading

Food, Hotels, Italia, Italy, Roma, Rome, Todi, Travel, Umbria

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April 26, 2025

First Day in Rome

Jet-lag is killing us, day two is always the absolute worst! But we did get out for meals at least, and those were interesting. It’s been a very long time since we were served something we didn’t know how to eat 😂 It’s artichoke season here in Italy and so we ordered the special appetizer… Continue reading

Breakfast, Food, Hotels, Italia, Italy, Roma, Rome, Travel

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April 25, 2025

First Night in Rome

We woke up this morning in Cincinnati, now we are looking for dinner in Rome! Travel days are just so bizarre! They are wonderful, but still so tiring and so strange… anyway, we headed out for a late dinner somewhere. For whatever reason, I have always been anti-Rome. Last time we visited (albeit at least… Continue reading

Food, Italia, Italy, Roma, Rome, Travel

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