Roma Day Two, Early AM Wanderings

With the alarm buzzing and dawn barely breaking, we climbed out of bed and started what was soon to become our AM ritual.  We gathered maps, cameras, water bottles, and guidebooks....put on comfy shoes and layered our clothes for an early AM to late PM weather variability...and headed to the nearest pastisserie.  Croissants, pastries, and cafe latte was to become our morning routine while in Italy.

As we sat over the warm milk and coffee and broke apart the sticky pastries, we charted out where we wanted to go and how (we thought) to get there.  We always started out marching along with confidence....

 ...and then had to start referring to GPS...

...and maps....



...and maps again...

...but if there is one thing I (re)learned in Italy...it's not always about the destination....in fact it's almost always about the journey!  Take a look at just a few of the sights we saw along our early AM walk.

And that's a really good thing.  Because when your destination is the Trevi Fountain on a Monday morning, you need to have enjoyed the zig-zag alley walk when you get to the Trevi....

...and find it is cleaning day.

And all this by about 9AM on Day Two. 

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