We jumped on USAir and flew like the Beverly Hillbillies over to Rome. GOOOLLLLY!! OH, that's Gomer Pyle! Sorry...Anyway, it was our first time in Continental Europe and Rome turned out to be one of the jewels of our trip and the little trattorias dotting the landscape were absolutely delightful and fun! Not a bad experience to be had although I'm sure there are some stinkers out there. Fortunately, we did not make the acquaintance of any. On this particular Tuesday afternoon, we encountered Il Condor. I won't tarry too long here because I'm trying to remember everything from over a month ago! I did keep notes though in a little spiral notebook so I could share our gastronomic adventure with y'all. We ate outdoors as it was a beautiful autumn afternoon. We had been sightseeing on a doubledecker, snapping pix at hot Romans and interesting architecture. When we espied this cute little joint, a server swooped down on us like a friendly condor and hurried us to our appointed seats like he had a huge wingspan to protect us from the other restauranteurs. Lemme tell ya...the restauranteurs were aggressive at trying to get a person to feed at their joint. I had lasagna al forno (baked lasagna which was perfectly prepared, seasoned and with the right amount of cheese and beef. It came with a simple dinner salad. For my second, course, I had braciola or pork chop. It was roasted and nothing to write home about but it wasn't nasty either. It was a hearty meal and kept us going late into the evening as we had a tendency to dine around 8 pm due to all of our European adventures. If you're in Rome and you see this joint, it's an a-ok place to dine. read more