At Magnolia café, also located in Campo de' Fiori, we had dinner. We ordered penne arrabiato (the spicy sauce, €7), grilled seafood (fish [mum thinks catfish], squid, yabby, €15), and a set dinner special with plain bruscetta, a choice of seafood linguini, vegetable with tortelloni (giant tortellini) or another pasta and a drink for €12. They also had saltimbocca for €11, but because dad wanted the fish platter I advised not to get it otherwise we’d have too much food – especially because we’d already eaten pizza and...

The hotel had a free shuttle bus service into the city. From the drop-off point, Campo de' Fiori (the square with the Bruno statue) was only a few minutes away. From behind a florist we bought pizza from Forno, which charges pizza by weight. We bought half an eggplant pizza for €3.30 and it was really good. Rome has thin-crust pizza; further south they have thicker crusts and in the north it’s in the middle. [gallery columns="2" link="none" type="rectangular" ids="2397,2396"]...

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