We woke up early to go the Catacombs and Italian country side for lunch at a farmhouse, being that we have all ready done the Colosseum, Vatican and Rome highlights. It is about an hour and 15 minutes drive to the Catacombs on the outskirt of Rome. The Catacombs was a great choice as this is the middle of a heat wave, and this is the only cool place on the whole trip.
The Catacombs are amazing but they don't let you take photos. Even though they say it's because of the flash, (and you can take photos without a flash from your phone) they let you use the flashlight on your phone for walking....which I think would be more harmful to the surfaces. So I will just have to keep my memories and respect their wishes. I highly recommend seeing these at least once in your life time, and there are a few to choose from in Rome. It really is amazing to think how they did this. Below is a link to the Catacombe we went to.
Then onto a tiny little village called Castel Dover ( I think that is what it was called) which is up a narrow street with a couple hundred steps to walk along this quaint little street lined with restaurants shops.
If you turn right you can see a picturesque lake.
There is a church, however not only was I not covered properly, (90 degree day I was wearing shorts and spaghetti straps), there was a service going on, so 2 strikes against us going in.
This was an unexpected stop for us, so we decided to stop for a drink and get some wi-fi to check in at home. The first 3 places we checked didn't have wi-fi, so we didn't stop. Always ask first before you order. So we found a really cute bar and I ordered a cappuccino and hubby ordered a beer.
Got our wi-fi, had a drink, and met a really nice couple from Australia who showed us some amazing photos of their vacation stops.
Onto the farmhouse for lunch, but was actually more like a restaurant.
The tour described it as we would tour the property and assist with making the lunch. Actually there was a cute little Italian lady who was rolling the dough to make pasta.
We were a little disappointed that we didn't do what was described in the excursion, but I don't want to make a big deal about it. Lessons learned this time around. We had hand made bread, salad, pasta, dessert and coffee. When they asked who wanted coffee, it was pretty funny because one lady wanted tea, who got a huge teapot. And for coffee we got the little tiny espresso. But hey, I'm in Italy so I'm going to be authentic! I watched they guy across from me put a little sugar in, so I followed along and did the same thing. It was bitter at first, but actually tasted good afterwards. It took us all of about a few seconds to drink and out the door we went back to the ship.
When you arrive in Civitavecchia, you have to do a lot of driving to get to places. Exhausted, but had a great day in Italy.
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