To market, to market.

After the past few days in Rome visiting palaces, galleries and museums, we needed a little break and as always try to see normal Roman life at least once.

A great way to do this is catching bus #83 to the Testaccio region just south of Circus Maximus.

Before this journey into suburbia, it was time for a final holiday laundering session.

 

We discovered this area on a food tour on a previous trip and were able to revisit some of the places.

The first was Trapizzino, a place that cuts square bread, rolls diagonally and then props them upon one end and fills the cut end like a pocket.  The filling is normally a saucy type, we had a meatball and tomato sauce.  They also make the best arancini balls in town.

Sorry for no photos, but when we're in a place like this we often just dive in and forget until we're out the door.

Next, we passed through the neighbourhood to the Testaccio Market which has been recently (about 5 or 10 years ago) moved here.  It is a new, fresh and vibrant place to sample some local roman foods.

 

 

After some lunch at the market, we headed back on bus #83 and spent a little time relaxing in our hotel along with packing our bags in preparation for tomorrows departure.

After a restful afternoon we then went for a passeggiata, a walk many Italians do before the evening meal. We walked up Via del Due Macelli toward the Spanish Steps and then continued along Via Del Babuino admiring some of Italy's finest creations. 

We then made it to Piazza del Popolo where we found a seat and watched the people passing through the square. 

Then it was a return via Via del Corso to one of our favourite Roman restaurants Piccolo Arancio, where we experienced amazing food as we have done on four previous visits over the years.

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