Chapter 27: The Eternal City

"Wow... 13 hours and 35 minutes from Washington DC to Detroit to Amsterdam and lastly Rome" said Spencer while they got their suitcases.

"It was a long flight" said Max wrapping her arms around him "but it was cool since we had some moments in Amsterdam and we got some souvenirs" she smiled "but finally we're in Rome"

"Yeah and I'm really happy to be here, did you know that Rome is call the Eternal City as a reference to its longevity and used first by the Roman poet Tibullus and a bit later, by Ovid?" She kissed his cheek.

"No I didn't know it, thank you for the information" she laughed. She loved when he ramble about historical facts.

He smiled and they walked out the airport and looked for a taxi. They found one and said the name of the hotel they will stay.

In the plane, Max found some brochures about other things to do in the city "do you know you can go to Pompeii for a day? Its not too far from Rome" she commented him on their way to the hotel "we can go by car or helicopter"

"Sounds pretty cool. I would love to see the Vesuvius volcano and all the fossilized people"

"It must be quite interesting huh?" She said looking at him.

"It is. The pyroclastic flow of the volcano, which is hot gas and volcanic matter, was so hot that the people got frozen in their position and of course die..."

"Ok I will stop you right there babe" she put a finger on his lips "I don't need more details, is it clear?" He nodded "good. Ok I will ask if they have a tour there"

"Ok perfect" he smiled and looked out the window they entered the city so he tapped her to look too.

Both were excited about this travel. Within minutes they arrived the hotel. It was almost six in the afternoon so after check in they decided to take a walk around the hotel's surrounding.

Max was in awe with the house's architecture and their colors. They found a place where they can buy gelato so they bought two and continue walking around for an hour then returned to the hotel, took a shower and ordered room service.

After finished their food both fell asleep for tiredness not matter the jetlag.

The next morning was their first tour to the Coliseum and other things close from there.

The tour had a good guide but when you have Spencer Reid by your side you got more details than others.

They walked through the tunnels, stand where gladiators stood and they enjoyed a panoramic view of that iconic place. Then they visit the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill to complete the tour of Rome's top ancient sites.

Max brought her camera so she took a lot of pictures of the places they stopped by. She was having a blast while Spencer was enjoying being in such as historical places.

When the tour finished they went to take lunch at a restaurant close from the Coliseum.

"So where to next?" Asked him drinking some water as they waited for their food. She ordered the traditional pasta with tomato sauce and he decided to order a risotto.

"Well today I could just buy that one but we could visit the Fontana di Trevi and some stores around it, then we can go back to the hotel and do what a couple should at their honeymoon" the last part was a whispers just for him.

He laughs softly and held her hand "I love all your plan for today" he winked and she smirked.

Spencer never was the kind of man who would flirt like that, but with Max was different and I liked that.

Their food arrived and after they finished it, he paid then the couple left to continue their tour.

There was a shop where they have gorgeous toys made of wood. And Max and Spencer decided to but some for the Simmons kids, JJ sons, Hank and her students.

Then they walked into a bookstore and he found some books he liked and decided to buy them, they were in Italian and he bought a book for Rossi.

They got into a little museum close by and saw some gorgeous paintings from people who were not famous around the world but in the city.

"Sometimes art is so unfair..." she said looking a gorgeous picture of a woman with the Coliseum as her background "some rich person found your painting beautiful, they bought it and then boom you're famous around the world but if you don't have such luck... your painting, that is maybe as gorgeous as a Van Gogh, never see the light"

He hugged her and kissed her head "I understand what you meant, and you are right, some people deserve more recognition for their work"

They left a couple of hours later and it was getting dark so they went to their last touristic location of the day. The Fontana di Trevi.

Max took some pictures of it and asked some guy to take a picture of them at the fountain.

"Ok Spence now we need to throw this in the fountain and make a wish" she smiled at him as she held two coins in her hand. She handed him one and keep the other.

They both turned as they saw some other people do. Closed their eyes and threw their coins, making a wish. Both coins fell in the water and turned around hugging.

They watched the fountain for some more minutes and then returned to their hotel.

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