Rome, Day 1, Evening

I just love the name Piazza del Popolo. Rick Steve said that a walk from there to the Spanish Steps would be salubrious (OK, he didn't say quite that), so we did that.  Arrived the plaza of the people, and walked down the row of shops.

Supposedly, this walk is good for "people watching", but we mostly saw tourists. We didn't actually buy anything, but sorta window-shopped at the Ferrari store ...

... and the Swarovski store.

Too rich for our blood (a model Ferrari was some $6,000!), but it was fun.

The Spanish Steps were really very picturesque, especially with the evening sun.  More obelisks, though.

Yes, I overdid the HDR effect a bit!

We then found a pasta place (fancy that!) and ate dinner there.  We were looking for some reasonably-priced place, but didn't have much luck with that.  Lots of tourist-trap restaurants, so that's what ended up at. Good enough, but certainly not memorable.

I'm pretty sure we ate gelato, but that too, has already faded into the mists of time.

I personally liked our evening outing a lot better than our morning one -- so much so that I think tourism should occupy only the morning and evening hours!