Rome Honeymoon - Days 7 & 8

After a crazy jam packed few days I decided to plan this day as a bit of a rest day. I didn’t want to put too much pressure on having something to do every day and thought some down time would do us some good.

Today was a special day for us as it was James’ birthday! I managed to keep all of the plans for the day a secret so I couldn’t wait to share with him what we were doing and hope he has the best day he can despite not being at home. It wasn’t easy to bring any actual presents with me so I presented him with a card and we started the day off nice and early for breakfast.

Our apartment was right near to a Mcdonalds so we decided to get some breakfast and take the day nice and slow. I really wanted to do a bit of shopping at our own leisure.

After breakfast we took public transport to Bioparco Zoo which took nearly an hour. James and I had our first date at a zoo and have been to a different one nearly every year since we met so I thought it was quite fitting that we had a look around one. It was very quiet here but it was nice to look around and the animals seemed to be fairly happy.

After the zoo, we had a wander around Villa Borghese Gardens which is right nearby. I had also seen there was a nice lookout point here too where you could get a lovely view of the city. We hired a little 4 wheeled electric bike for an hour which was fun but scary! Everyone was on them. It was easier to get about this way.

We then headed back to the apartment, got freshened up and ready to head out again for dinner. I decided to take James to Hard Rock Café. Having never been to one myself, I thought it would be a nice reliable option as I know we both like that sort of food. We also indulged in a few cocktails (or mocktails for me!). It was a really lovely chilled day.