best gelato i've ever tasted

today i finally left santorini and arrived in roma! this city is incredible. almost every single building is old and beautiful, every street corner has a marble statue and practically everyone you see is a tourist with a map in their hand! 

checked into my hostel near termini and then proceeded to wander for three hours in the area close by. my first stop was a tiny little baguette shop where i picked up an olive, prosciutto and semi-sundried tomato multigrain baguette. yum. 

wandered past some truly spectacular architecture and into a couple of parks and churches. my favourite was definitely santa maria angeli and terme diocleziano - originally a roman bath, it was turned into a church by michelangelo! it looked truly underwhelming from outside.

but inside was an immense area covered in pink and white marble, intricate columns and huge frescos. i was a bit awestruck by the sheer size of the church! 

afterwards decided it was time to treat myself to a gelato. found a wonderful and cheap gelateria that was established in 1847! the ice cream was still made and stored in traditional sunken steel vats, so i had no idea what was on offer as the signs on the wall were all in italian. so i asked the lady serving me to simply give me her two favourite flavours. turned out to be lemon creme and bacio. one of the best things i've ever tasted, think i'm going to have to go back tomorrow, or maybe even tonight for dessert! 

not sure what's in store for tonight, there's been no one else in my dorm room since i got back - think i'm going to have to brave the bar alone and hope some nice people adopt me! 

ps. just to make you jealous mum. had a lovely time exploring a few delis and think i may go to one of the awesome enotecas around the corner for dinner 😊