April 28, 2012
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Hard Rock Cafe
I did not mention one dining experience we had. Our new friends, the Moores, said they try to find a Hard Rock Cafe when they travel. We don’t usually eat at them, but wandering from one location to another in Rome, we stumbled across it.
They kept the Hard Rock theme of loud music videos. But being Rome, they also had a local touch. These cherubic rockers were painted on the ceiling.
We were glad to sit down, skip the candy bars for real food, and rest our feet. Then we saw the menu–AMERICA!!!
And… they had sodas with FREE REFILLS!
To illustrate what a big deal this was, once the waitress took our drink order, we all looked at each other and simultaneously said, “Free refills!”
I have pictures of the food, but to you Americans who see this stuff on a regular basis, it will mean little. A mushroom swiss burger!! Yum.
Libby’s favorite food is mac and cheese. She said she almost cried when she saw it on the menu.
Strangely enough, I wanted to cry, too. I teared up a little bit. I guess I am homesick. I’m never going to make it dry-eyed through airport security if they show that Welcome to America video of little kids eating watermelon on the Fourth of July and families playing football in the backyard and soldiers saluting and all that. Nope. I’ll need tissues for sure.
