Where would you stop to eat lunch when you were out roaming the streets? The great thing about Rome is you don't have to go to the five-star restaurants to get a great meal. You can just stumble upon any kind of little restaurant. Basically, we found that when we were hungry, we would stumble into some place, and it would turn out to be fabulous. I love Italian food, and I love wine. I don't like it when it is too heavy. Every place was different, but with me, you can't go wrong with a great glass of wine and a nice bowl of pasta. I'm pretty easy to satisfy like that. I found myself eating a lot because I found so many great little mom-and-pop places that were so charming. For dessert, how can you go wrong with gelato? The tiramisu gelato was one of the most amazing things I have ever encountered. You can get it anywhere, and that's the beauty of it. Here, you would have to go to some kind of special shop. Over there, you get that on every street corner, which is fantastic.

Did you keep roaming at night? I did not check out the club scene. I figured there was so much to see [during the day], I didn't want to waste my evening and then wake up the next day and be hungover, or take any time away from walking around the streets of Rome. The nightlife there is fabulous, I'm sure, but I'll leave that for my third visit. I felt like I just wanted to take advantage of my day as much as possible. The second time, I went because of the friends I made. That was really nice. I got to enjoy some really great dinner parties and be very social and try to learn a little Italian, which is one of my goals.