Pizza, Prada, and Piazza di Spagna

Once we were done with our pizzas, we walked a little more and ended up at the top of the Spanish Steps, in front of the Trinità dei Monti church. We took a while to enjoy the view from the top; you get a view of all the designer stores that populate the sidewalks, and of course, all of the tourists surrounding them. Afterwards, we walked down, took some pictures, and then headed out to window shop. 

The area surrounding the Spanish Steps is filled with a bunch of designer stores including: Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Prada, Cartier, Celine, Chanel, Miu Miu, etc. The clothes were adorable, but the shoes...the shoes had me in love. In between stores, we stopped at Magnum to grab some ice cream. I had a vanilla ice cream bar dipped in dark chocolate, sprinkled with coconut and edible flowers, and drizzled with milk chocolate. It was pretty rich but oh soooo good. 

A few lessons I learned this day

1. Order the prosciutto pizza

2. The vendors surrounding the Spanish Steps are the most aggressive. They will literally shove a rose or a water bottle in your face and will follow you around with it until you buy it (other than being extremely annoying though, they are pretty harmless). Just tell them no, give them a mean look, and run. 

3. Some of the stores don't allow you to take pictures, and the security guards at these stores will yell at you if you try.

4. You have to ask for the check at restaurants in Italy. The waiters won't automatically give you the check when they think you are done. This is nice because you don't feel rushed, and I've heard that the slower the service, the better the restaurant (creds @ Rick Steves). 

A little fashion

The sights

Italian eats