A Delicious Honeymoon
{I know I still haven’t blogged about the wedding…but I just can’t help & blog about the honeymoon now!}
When the SC & I were trying to decide where to honeymoon, Italy immediately came to mind. We toyed with the idea of doing a few days in Paris and a few in Rome but ultimately decided to just stay in Rome so we could relax and not have to pack up and go every few days. Rome pretty much won over Paris due to the food! I am so glad we decided on Rome because it was by far the coolest city I have been to and the food was AMAZING. Even the simplest things like the bread & olive oil were so much better than what you usually get in the States. One thing I found particularly interesting was the fact that each restaurant seemed to have the exact same bread. The SC joked that one bakery supplies all of the bread in Rome. It was a delicious soft white bread that was fabulous for soaking up all that fresh olive oil.
I fell in love with the fresh buffalo mozzerella & procuitto. I wanted to order it at every restaurant & practically did! The pastas were all delicious & the gelato…oh goodness, I ate it twice a day! My favorite combination was hazelnut & chocolate so it tasted like nutella {which I also ate a lot at since they had mini packets at our hotel breakfast}
I plan to do a few more detailed posts soon but to hold you over until then…here are some of the delicious foods we ate:
Italy’s signature dish, Carbonara! I ordered this three times!
A delicious spread of meats & cheese
Nutella pastries. Flaky, crispy outside, gooey chocolatey inside. YUM.
Homemade paparadelle with lamb. This was our favorite dish the whole week.
Proscuitto & mozzarella panini
Gelato. Needs no explanation.
More posts {including restaurant recaps & historic sights} to come!
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sister — November 15, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
Wow! This food looks amazing! Let’s go to Italia together!
spoonful replied: — November 16th, 2011 @ 11:30 pm
ok! sissy vacay!
Shannon — November 16, 2011 @ 3:38 am
Wow!! Everything looks so incredible but those pastries are really making my brain do flips right now. I would LOVE to go to Italy. Congrats and welcome back!
spoonful replied: — November 16th, 2011 @ 11:30 pm
oh yeah, those pastries were amazing. that was our second to last night & we went to one restaurant for appetizers, then walked past that bakery & ate some pastries & then ate a full meal at another restaurant. total bliss. oh & two bottles of wine may or may not have been emptied.
amy @ fearless homemaker — November 16, 2011 @ 3:13 pm
yum! as you can imagine, italian food is on my mind now, too, after our trip there. we should totally throw an italian dinner party where we try to recreate some of our favorite meals from italy! =)
spoonful replied: — November 16th, 2011 @ 11:29 pm
oh I love that idea!! we can cook together
let’s do it!