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- So for the next 72 hours, we are going to be showing you
everything to see, do and eat,
here in the capital city of Italy: Rome.
(woman speaking Italian)
- And we're gonna be showing you everything to do in Rome,
that's not just the Colosseum.
It's like topping on a pizza,
but more filled and stuffed inside,
look at this!
- [Stephen] Hey, we're Stephen, Jess and Hunter,
a family from Australia,
who've headed out to Italy
to kickstart our family's first summer adventure in Europe.
So the last time you saw us,
we'd packed up our tiny house on wheels,
said goodbye to Cooper,
and flew all the way to Rome,
and got busy dealing with jet lag,
but
not today.
As a special little person is turning two.
(bird squawking)
(water running)
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday dear Hunter ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Hip-hip, hooray!
(Jess laughing)
- I cannot believe little Hunter is already two,
and what a place to celebrate it.
This morning we were trying to find a place
that sold a cupcake,
but all we could find, was a very Roman actually,
breakfast called a maritozzi,
it's like a little cream bun.
We had a little celebration at the Trevi Fountain,
such a special morning.
- Welcome to the Trevi Fountain everybody.
You can see why this is
one of the most popular spots in Rome.
It is
so grand, elegant, and you just turn the corner and see it,
and it's just in your face. It is so beautiful.
And the waters,
I don't remember them being this clear before
with the statues adorning it.
Wow, it's beautiful.
- Make a birthday wish with your coin!
Want me to show you what you do?
Two,
three.
Throw the money in!
- I did it!
- Did you see
the guy came past with trays full of croissants?
I feel like the oven is in the back.
It's gonna be a good day for all of us.
Oh, there it is!
Thank you.
Happy birthday Hunter!
- Mommy.
- So her birthday cake more turned into a birthday smash,
so we were like, okay, take two,
we found this little cafe
right in front of the Trevi Fountain.
We got a big chocolate croissant.
We watched them take it out of the oven
fresh this morning, still warm.
Who wants the first bite?
Hmm?
- Me! Hunter!
- Hunter?
Say goodbye to this clean dress Steve.
Do you wanna bite?
- Yum!
- Mm.
You can lick the chocolate off.
It just keeps getting better and better,
it is also filled with Nutella.
Best birthday ever?
Oh no.
Is that the face of a birthday girl?
So the birthday girl is fast asleep,
so we've come out for a little date lunch,
and we've come to a place
that has been requested so many times.
It's known for its handmade pasta,
they make it right in the window just behind me.
It's called Osteria Da Fortunata.
Today, we're gonna be eating a lot of pasta.
Oh my gosh, it looks so good.
So we've gone for two different types.
One is like famous here in Rome,
it's cacio e pepe,
which is like a peppered, creamy pasta,
and then we got homemade ravioli,
look how good that looks, Steve.
- [Stephen] That looks insane.
It's like just all gigantic pieces.
- [Jess] Hunter is missing out,
that is so good.
- Depending on how much free time you guys have,
we got here 10 minutes before they opened,
about five minutes after they opened,
completely, every table filled out,
and now there's a line.
(Stephen laughs)
I can see why there's a line.
(Stephen laughs)
- Nothing beats handmade.
Our day date is continuing, we've just come to a piazza.
So we've got our iced coffees, look how they were served,
it's like the fanciest iced coffee ever.
Cheers Steve!
- Cheers!
- To Hunter turning two. Our little bub is two.
- Growing too big, too fast.
- Tastiest coffee I've had!
- I'm gonna be staying up tonight.
(cheerful Italian music)
(Hunter laughing)
- [Jess] Oh now I'm getting you!
(Hunter laughing and squealing)
So we're currently making our way to dinner,
and you know Rome,
happen to stumble upon cool things as you go,
just walking along a road, and I
stumbled across the Pantheon.
This is so impressive.
So this was built just after the Colosseum,
so it's almost a thousand years old,
and a little fun fact is
they actually got these pillars all the way from Egypt.
- So when this was built in 128 AD,
it was built in honor of the Roman gods,
and then as time went on,
it has now been changed into a Catholic church.
- [Jess] Don't they say
that you can fit a perfect sphere inside?
- [Stephen] Yeah, look at that.
And just here,
one of the famous Renaissance artists, Raphael,
is buried inside here.
- So we've eaten at some pretty nice restaurants
since we've been here in Rome,
but today for dinner,
we've decided we're actually gonna head out
and try and find some Roman street foods.
We're just crossing over this bridge,
in the distance I can see the Sistine Chapel.
Rome is just so beautiful.
(Italian guitar music)
- So I went and got some Roman street food,
it's called a trapizzino,
and it's basically like a pizza sandwich.
- [Hunter] Mommy, me try!
- Do you wanna be the first to taste?
Okay, so this one is an eggplant parmesan one.
You want a taste? Should I see if it's hot first?
Okay, mommy maybe has the first bite, just in case it's hot.
Alright, let's see.
Mm.
- No!
- [Jess] Is it good?
- Mm.
- So tasty, huh?
It's like topping on a pizza
but more filled and stuff inside, look at this!
- [Hunter] Yum, tasty!
- Just any excuse to have more pizza,
just bottle it up into street food.
(Hunter laughs)
- [Jess] Cheers.
Also got the veggie one,
he said it was like Rome vegetables,
I didn't catch the name of it.
Mm.
There's like a mix of spinach and seaweed.
Mm.
Fried risotto,
I think they said it was suke-lee? Or suk-lee?
Let's have a go.
I prefer this, it's even better.
It's only two Euros.
- Cheap, easy to grab on the go.
Mm.
- [Jess] Mm.
- Mhmm.
- So somebody invented trapazzino like 10 years ago,
and now they've got three little spots
that you can get them from.
Definitely recommend it, it's good, huh?
Oh, this is one, it's like spicy risotto.
So to end Hunter's birthday,
we've come to Piazza Navona, gonna go find some gelato.
I think it's the only way you can celebrate
a two year old's birthday.
So this is like one of my favorite places in Rome.
Aww, we're gonna go to the ice cream shop!
- Two ice creams?
- Want to sing happy birthday?
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
- It's pretty good from our guest house,
we have a view of the piazza downstairs,
it's very lively.
Luckily the windows block out all the sound when we are done
but it's cool to just open it up and just people watch.
(Stephen laughs)
(relaxing music)
- So, today we've decided to go outside of Rome
to a little village about 30 minutes outside of the city.
Today we're gonna do a little cooking class,
so don't know what to expect,
we actually booked this on Airbnb Experiences,
which didn't even know
they did experiences and tours on there.
And the town we've come out to is called Palombara,
this is an 11th century castle
that we are currently walking through
situated on top of a hill.
Nonna is just getting ready
and then we're gonna go cook.
(lively Italian music)
(Nonna speaking Italian)
- Kisses for Nonna!
(Nonna speaking Italian)
- [Jess] She's gonna teach you how to cook!
- Yeah.
- She's excited.
- How cool is this?
This is like where she stores her food,
her drinks, like her wine.
- [Stephen] Oh, Nonna's got some wine going!
- [Jess] Oh. Jumping!
[Nonna] Jumping! Jumping!
(Nonna speaking Italian)
- Apple juice, Hunter! Grazie!
- Wow, apple juice!
- You wanna sip?
- Apple juice!
Apple juice!
(Nonna speaking Italian)
(lively Italian music)
- Nonna did good.
Cute!
Who's all professional now?
(Jess laughs)
We'll be the messy area for sure.
(Jess laughs)
Yes.
Show what we do.
(Nonna speaking Italian)
- Mamma mia.
(Nonna speaking Italian)
- Mommy!
- [Jess] Yeah it looks so nice.
Crack, crack, crack.
Oh, that's a way to crack it.
Crack, crack, crack.
No.
No, no, no, don't eat that.
Mixy, mixy.
Can you mix it, mix it?
Mixy, mixy, mixy, good girl!
(lively Italian music)
- [Woman] Wow, you are super strong.
(woman speaking Italian)
- Rolly polly,
rolly polly,
more
roll.
(Nonna speaking Italian)
Oh.
(Nonna speaking Italian)
Wow!
- No way!
(people cheering)
- By far the coolest cooking class we've ever done.
- Daddy!
- [Jess] Who were you cooking with?
- Nonna!
- Hunter is loving it.
I think Hunter has a third grandma.
- Hunter, do you love Nonna?
Say ciao, Nonna!
- Ciao, Nonna!
(Jess and Stephen laugh)
- Guess what?
The food is ready to eat.
- Ready!
- [Jess] Ready. Let's do it!
(relaxing music)
(Nonna speaking Italian)
(relaxing music)
- [Jess] That's for you.
- Thank you, Nonna!
- Amore!
- [Jess] Mm. Want a taste?
Butterfly.
Oh, tasty?
Mm.
This is called ravioli.
Oh. This is the biggest bite.
Here we go.
Ready? Slurp it up!
Italian!
- Let me see.
- Suck it. Ah, almost!
(Jess laughing)
- That was seriously such an incredible experience.
So we arrived here, got invited into Nonna's house,
wine and champagne was flowing before any cooking was done,
which I suppose is the best way to start cooking,
with some bruschetta before we got into our cooking.
We started making three different types of pasta.
First of all,
they call it butterfly pasta,
we usually call it bowtie pasta.
And then we made a stuffed ravioli with spinach and cheese,
and then finally, we helped make,
'cause as they said, it's quite a challenge,
some fettuccine with some red sauce
and all of it has been so delicious:
the food, the experience, the Nonna, and the backdrop.
Highly recommend it guys, highly recommend it.
- Hello doggo!
Uh-oh, no, no. Oh no.
- [Stephen] He's coming back.
- Hello!
- So we are now back on the train heading back to Rome,
and seriously, that experience was amazing.
It was our first time ever trying Airbnb Experiences,
and it felt so authentic,
like we're in a little village,
we were the only tourists there.
Nonna was so nice, Hunter loved her.
And now I feel like Hunter has three grandparents,
Nonna being the third.
It was so good,
I, a hundred percent recommend that.
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Let's head back to exploring beautiful Rome.
(birds chirping)
- So this morning, we have woken up bright and early
to see probably one of the most iconic spots here in Rome.
Yes, that is the Colosseum behind me.
Hunter, can you say Colosseum?
- Colosseum?
- Yes! Good girl.
- Do you know the Colosseum's older than grandpa?
(Jess and Hunter laugh)
No one's older than grandpa.
(Stephen laughs)
(relaxing music)
- So this morning we've come inside the Colosseum.
I think it's totally worth to come inside.
It's about 18 euros,
and to put that into perspective,
compared to the other wonders of the world,
most expensive, that goes to Petra,
about 66 Euros,
and the cheapest Christ the Redeemer,
at about three Euros, so, it's not too bad.
I don't know, you come all the way to Rome,
you definitely want to come inside the Colosseum.
Hunter, so when you watch this back when you're older,
dad and mom did take you to the Colosseum.
Oh. Oh no.
- [Jess] Shh.
- But you found it a bit boring. We need to go!
- Guess where we've woken up?
We are inside the Colosseum.
You wanna go and explore the Colosseum?
- Okay!
- Okay.
Is it so big?
Look how little the people look all the way out there!
Come, I'll show you.
There it is. Isn't it pretty cool?
- [Stephen] Historical site,
have to give you guys some fun facts.
So the emperor at the time,
completely obsessed with the number 8.
Construction started in 72 AD, ended at 80 AD,
took 8 years to build, hold 80,000 people,
and there were 80 entrances.
You know what's pretty cool?
When the Colosseum was in its prime,
all of it was covered in marble.
So it looked more like this white color
than the brick color that you guys see,
and that's why there's holes all in the Colosseum,
'cause that's where they joined the marble onto it.
If you're wondering where the marble went,
you've heard of the artist Michelangelo?
He might have borrowed some for some of his work.
Alrighty, last fun fact with Stephen,
to give you guys an idea on the timeline.
So Colosseum was built 80 AD,
2,500 years before, that's the pyramids,
and then 1500 years later, you get the Taj Mahal.
Hmm.
Where is Hunter?
Is she over here?
Hmm.
Never thought I'd be playing hide and seek
in the Colosseum.
Hmm. Is Hunter over here?
- [Jess] No, Hunter's not here!
- Yeah,
a peek-a-boo!
- [Jess] Bye Colosseum!
- Bye-bye Colosseum!
- [Jess] Do you wanna go get some noo-noos?
- Noodles! Noo-noo!
- Ready, Hunter?
- I'm ready!
- Okay, slurp this up.
- Mmm!
(Jess laughs)
(Hunter laughs)
- So most people come to Rome for two reasons:
one eat as much pasta and pizza as you want,
perfectly fine.
But if you came here to see Ancient Rome,
you wanna walk with the ancient Romans once roamed.
One of our favorite spots
has to be the Roman Forum,
'cause you could just see a snapshot
of the history of Rome everywhere.
And the best view definitely has to be from Palatine Hill
because you just get to see
Ancient Rome in all its glory,
and it just looks so stunning.
(Hunter babbling)
- Oh here it is, come.
You get your cup and you put it under like this.
(water running)
There you go!
Alright, say bye-bye water.
(slow piano music)
- This place is also the perfect example of the saying
Rome was not built in a day.
As you can see just across the road, we have the Colosseum
built in 80 AD.
We then have temples in this exact spot built in 100 AD,
300 AD, just years and years apart,
and it's really cool just to walk a couple of steps
and it's just history is completely changed.
So there is a lot of history,
definitely worth checking it out.
- When the picnic's gonna be eaten before we even get there.
- Mommy! Daddy!
- [Stephen] What is that?
- Hunter, you did so good,
you almost made to the top of some pretty cool steps.
These are the Spanish Steps.
Really cool, huh?
Should we go all the way to the top?
Almost at the top.
Whoa.
- More!
- More steps.
- The top!
- Whoa.
- Wow.
- [Stephen] Wow. Pretty cool view, huh?
- Yay I did it!
Daddy!
(Hunter laughing)
More.
- More. Keep going!
Hunter just took on the Spanish Steps.
Did she walk all the way to the top?
- [Stephen] Dad might have helped.
- You did it!
Was that so many steps?
So this afternoon for sunset,
we've come out to a beautiful park,
it's called Villa Borghese, and it's basically like
the Central Park of Rome,
and we're currently on a little rowboat.
Hunter chose a little pink umbrella to take out with us,
and how stunning is this spot?
I didn't even know about it until we got here.
(Hunter babbling)
She's more into the umbrella than the boat experience.
Is it pink?
- Yeah.
- Guessing I'm doing all the work today.
- [Jess] Of course! I'm busy holding a pink umbrella.
(Stephen laughs)
- [Hunter] Cheese!
- Cheese?
Daddy, eat this cheese!
Now, Daddy. Cheese now.
- [Jess] We decided to come out,
have a little picnic together.
- Here you go, daddy!
Daddy eat.
- Hunter is making a, okay!
Probably thought we should do a salad tonight.
We've had a lot of pasta and pizza,
but it is so nice here watching the sunset.
It's nice to find a spot that is quiet
in such a chaotic city.
Thank you, bubba.
- Wow, another amazing perk about this park
is that it's located right on top of a hill,
so you get amazing views of the city.
(relaxing music fades out)