Next we found our way to Trevi Fountain, the largest baroque fountain in Rome. Legend has it that if lovers make a wish and toss a coin into the majestic waters, they will soon get married. Reportedly, the money in the fountain is cleaned out nightly and donated to Rome’s needy. Despite scheming street peddlers, who use magnetic sticks to pull out coins from the shallow waters, Trevi Fountain makes an average of 1 million euros a year. With such a bountiful income, one can’t help but wonder who started this resourceful legend?
With the sun setting and our stomachs grumbling, we decided on dinner in Piazza Navona. We veered from the main piazza and obvious tourist traps, making our way down back allies and narrow lanes until we came to Ristorante Osteria del Pegno. The restaurant was dimly lit; candles flickered in the cool summer night breeze and jazz music quietly kept time to the waiter taking orders, delivering dishes and opening bottles of wine. Three hours later, we strolled out of the restaurant and toward our hotel, exhausted but completely satisfied.
When we finally fell into bed that night, we savored the success of our first day, slowly drifting to sleep to the sounds of the ancient Roman city.
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