Italy, September 2018 (Final Entry)
On Friday night we decided that we would spend our last full day in Italy relaxing and taking it easy. With a full day of flying ahead of us the next day, we figured it would be good to have a leisurely day in Rome and see the few things we had missed.
We slept in until right around 11 AM and wanted to get lunch somewhere with good reviews. We cleaned up, got dressed and headed to Sapori e Delizie, just a ten minute walk from our hotel.
At noon, which was the restaurants scheduled opening time we were told by one of the staff inside to wait 10 minutes because they were running behind. We complied and crossed the street so as to not hover over them as they go ready. After ten minutes, we could see what seemed like the entirety of the staff out front smoking. Clearly they weren’t interested in our patronage so we left.
After a quick search on Google Maps, we found La Forchetta d’Oro just a short walk away. Like most other restaurants we experienced in Italy, service at La Forchetta was bad...in fact it was worse than what is usually expected in Europe. The server was very rude, getting into an argument with an older guest on the other side of the dining room, and generally being unwelcoming. Our food was not much better.
After paying for our meal we headed towards Trajan’s Market, the oldest “shopping mall” in the world, and then headed back towards the Trevi Fountain in the hopes that this time it will actually be operational.
