We will arrive in Rome around
9:00am on a Saturday..
Any suggestions for our first day.
Have been to Rome before
Also, how to spend a Sunday in Rome

Thanks for the help..

Impossible to answer this question without more info.

How long are you there?
What did you do on previous visits?
What do you like to do at home?

MY answer would be:
Take a shower, unpack
Walk along via dei Coronari and look at the antique shops
Nip into Prada on via dei Condotti
Sit in a baroque church
Watch the sun go down from the lookout in the Pincio, above Piazza del Popolo
Take another shower -- I feel grubby again already
Have dinner at somewhere low-stress and very Roman: Cantina del Vecchio on via dei Coronari (yes, back there again)

On Sunday, take the bus to the start of the via Appia Antica and walk out of central Rome -- then walk to the Cinecitta metro stop and come back downtown

YOUR answer would probably be as idiosyncratic ...and as impossible for others to advise on........

As mentioned already; it is a bit difficult to give you a good answer on this. Maybe you can find some useful info in my Rome trip report with pictures and links http://gardkarlsen.com/rome_italy.htm

Regards
Gard
http://gardkarlsen.com - trip reports and pictures

I agree more information about what you have done in the past and what you want to do this trip would help.
Also where are you staying? Exploring the area near your apartment/hotel often makes the most sense on the first day especially if your apartment is centrally located.

As for things to do on Sunday, there are many options. Some things are closed Sunday, some Monday. You would want to work around limits on those days to fit in what you want to see.

Thanks for the suggestions. Sorry
about being so vague..Will try
harder on my next question.

My husband, teenage son and I spent a week in Rome last year. Husband and I had been there before, but our son had not but had lobbied hard for this trip He was very interested in ancient Roman history, less so in the Vatican, art museums, etc

We rented an apartment in the old Jewish ghetto neighborhood right near Piazza Mattei and the tortoise fountain. We arrived on a Sunday late morning. On that first day we spent time checking into the apartment before setting out to get lunch and explore the neighborhood. That day we stayed in walking distance of the apartment, which is very centrally located. We visited the Area Sacra del Argentina and its cat sanctuary. We spent quite a lot of time at Piazza Navona and Piazza della Rotunda (Pantheon) then walked back to the ghetto via Campo dei'Fiori. this was a circuit we made daily during our stay. There were lots of artists, street performers, etc out in P.Navona that first weekend day. There are many beautiful churches right in that area.
On our first day in Rome we ate our lunch and dinner at local restaurants and checked out others and admired the Teatro Marcello and Portico d'Ottavia ruins near our apartment and figured out where the market was so we could go shopping early in the morning. We went to bed around 9

I think tedgale's suggestion of trying to go somewhere with a good view of the city like the Pincio gardens (or the Janiculum) would be good on a first day

His suggestion about walking the Appian Way on Sunday also makes sense--the upper part of the Appian way is closed to traffic on Sundays but is otherwise not walkable IMO. The sections beyond the catacombs are doable other days.

One thing I personally would try to do in Rome on Saturday or Sunday is to visit Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza which is only open very limited hours on the weekends. This would fit in well if you go to Piazza Navona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant'Ivo_alla_Sapienza