back in Rome...and an engagement!

After the Tremiti, we came back to Rome for 2 days because Alise, Tom's girlfriend had never been before. We spent Friday afternoon doing a quick tour of Rome's main sites...St. Peter's, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona and the Spanish Steps.

Spanish Steps

It was at the top of the Spanish steps that Tom proposed to Alise!!!

the newly engaged couple!

We had plans to go to dinner with Anna and Giuseppe that night in Trastevere.  What better way to celebrate than with the newlyweds and the newly engaged couple. After dinner, we went for a drink down along the river where there are heaps of outside bars set up only for the summer.

such a beautiful night/view from the top of the steps

Saturday, Tom, Alise and Abby toured the Colosseum and the Roman Forum while Andy, mom and I went "bar hopping" around the area to drink many coffees.

Abby and Andy at the Colosseum

We then went to Piazza Venezia and saw the tomb of the unknown soldier, followed by some shopping down Via del Corso.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

That night, we had dinner at the restaurant that Giuseppe and Francesco work at.

Smith Family and Frankino at the boys' restaurant

Tom, Andy and Alise flew back to Ohio that Sunday. We were sad to see them go, but had a great time touring central/north Italy for the second week that Mom and Abby stayed for.  More on that in the next post!

Alise's beautiful ring!!