Eating Your Way Around Rome

We all know I am not going to Rome just to run the marathon with 12,000 other people (another projected 40,000 are doing the smaller fun run). Going to Rome is about shopping, food, museums, food, magnificent churches, food and more food. Where do you go for great food? Basically anywhere in Rome you are guaranteed a fresh, delicious meal. In all my previous trips to the Eternal City I have never had a bad meal. It is a good thing I am running the marathon to offset all those fabulous Roman dishes and ofcourse the gelato.
Eating is a serious thing in Italy. It is a time to socialize with family and friends over a wonderfully prepared meal with a bottle or sometimes bottles from a local vineyard. And how can you have a meal in Rome without one of those locally grown wines? Well...you can't. Of all the locally bottled whites wines, Frascati is the best known. For those of you who want to experience the "other" white wine there is the lovely town of Orvieto which just a quick ride outside of Rome.
Roman food is known for their highly seasoned dishes of onions, garlic, rosemary, sage and bay leaves. So enjoy the food, it doesn't have to be all or nothing. You can still enjoy Roman dining at its finest and still stay on your weight loss program. Self-size.com has partnered with various Roman dining establishments that offer the Self-size program on their menu.
My mission on this trip besides finishing the marathon is to rediscover that great gelato shop near the Piazza Navona. It is located on a side passage way to the piazza and it has the best gelato I have had in Italy (excluding the little stand in Capri). So if anyone remembers exactly where it is let me know.
So after I eat my way all through Rome plus her smaller sister to the north, Florence, then it will be time to get refocused and re-sized at Self-size.com. My own fitness tips will come in quite handy.

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A Piu Tardi,
Angela of Trevi