Today we took it easy. Fabio had some work to do so Adrian went with Chris and I to the City Center to wander around the tourist sites. Our first stop was the Pantheon, well, really Sant Eustachio Cafe for the best espresso in Rome. So incredibly good. I don't even like coffee and this is heaven.
The logo for the cafe is of the church in the piazza, not sure the history of Sant Eustachio but it seems that it has something to do with god and an anrgy 14 point buck. Kind of creepy.
After the Pantheon we went to Fontana di Trevi to people watch and then planned to go to Piazza di Spagna but instead went back to San Eustachio for even more coffee and to by supplies to bring home. Then on to Piazza Navona. There is always so much restoration that each time I visit the city I get to see something new. This time the fountain in the center of Piazza Navona had no scaffolding for the first time.
We then met Fabio at the 'bar' (or cafe) of their friend Luna, she opened this Bar six months ago and recently opened a restaurant nearby, though it is closed on Mondays.
It's a cute place, very tiny but makes very good use of the space (kind of Ikea like). We sat in the back and met all of their friends. We let them bring us whatever was best on the menu. I had Vegetarian pasta with Pistacchio Pesto, Fabio had the standard version which had Speck which we think is like smoked ham) and Chris and Adrian both had pasta with Salmon and Asparagus. The food was fantastic (the service could maybe be better our waitress was odd). The name of the cafe was Casa & Bottega which loosely means 'work in the home' which we think translates to 'mom and pop cafe'. The food was good, the prices were very fair and it's quite close to Piazza Navona, definitely worth stopping by.
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