We knew this trip would include an excessive amount of calories, so when planning our trip to Rome, we adopted the mantra/mission, "Get fat and don't care." This would prove handy to remind ourselves throughout the trip when the thought of eating yet another pizza would make me feel slightly guilty (and slightly ill). No guilt! We are here to get fat -- and get fat is exactly what we did.
We took a break from veganism for our trip since we knew avoiding eggs and dairy would be nearly impossible (we were right). And we didn't want to miss out on all of the wonderful culinary delights Rome had to offer -- including their delicious pastries. However, going off of our vegan lifestyle meant that I felt bloated and gross for 3 days. It was a major switch to go from eating tons of veggies every day to eating nothing but
