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    One of the most impressive cities ever!

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    A truly all inspiring city with incredible sites, history and culture. Rome is a city that is a highlight of any trip, and this was certainly the case for me too. Although cquite expensive, you can't help to splurge on your wallet when it comes to some of the most impressive museums, historical sites and monuments. Upon our arrival from Venice, we …

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    Day 3 - A taste of Rome and Rugby

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    An early breakfast at our hotel and then we boarded our coach to Rome for a tour of the Vatican. First morning on tour we had a few latecomers (no names mentioned).

    After negotiating the traffic through town we were dropped off at the end of the queue at the Vatican. Here we met our guide Marta. She handed out receivers and earpieces …

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    When In Rome...

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    Early Saturday morning, seven of us from the flat were stuffing our backpacks with just enough stuff to take on all of Rome's sightseeing in just two days. When we finally reached the train station in Rome, our first goal was to figure out our sleeping arrangements for the night. It took up some time but we ended up in a perfect hostel for our …

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    Vatican City, St. Peters, Trevi Fountain!

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    Today I took the girls down to the Vatican and booked them in for a tour while I found a little cafe to curl up in. I love Italian coffee! The girls were able to see the Sistine Chapel and St. Peters Basilica as well.

    That afternoon we went to visit the Trevi Fountain (we all threw coins in for luck - you throw a coin over your left …

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    We visit Vatican City

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    Despite having the best of intentions we seemed to get a bit of a slow start this morning and did not leave the hotel until around midday. In spite of the sunshine it was still bitterly cold as we made our way towards Vatican City and there were huge piles of dirty snow on most of the street corners. Just as we reached the walls of the Vatican we …

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    City of History

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    Weather - Not Raining for a change - a bit cold

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    We are very lucky with the weather really considering it has been bucketing down for the last few days over most of the western side of Italy and causing horrific mudslides in the north west of Italy killing five people and destroying many …

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    Rome: random wanderings in the eternal city

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    ... them much heed. Ahh, the joys of travel. As I didn't break a leg it was time to head south towards the river and the Vatican area. My radar went blank for a time so I actually headed east (back the way I came) but ended up at the Spanish Stairs ...

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    Rome Sightseeing

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    Italy Blog Friday and Saturday   Sightseeing Rome   Our agenda for Friday included seeing as much of the Vatican area as possible.  We got an early start and took the train into Rome, arriving by 9am.  We then transferred to the ...

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    An English Poet Follows Us From London To Rome

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    ... in Rome are ridiculously pricey).  And, while our hotel is about a 25-minute bus ride down to Rome’s city center (we are in the Prati/Vatican area), it’s a beautiful, modern hotel with all the amenities (read: more flash than we are ...

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    Vatican

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    Today we checked out the Vatican area. Really massive, really significant place. I could speak about how huge and old and epic everything was, but pictures do a much better job of that. Traffic here is stupid. People really don't care about much as ...

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    "Skip the line....yeah, right!"

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    ... through the museum for a bit of a break from the tours.  The museum is chock full of treasures!  Apparently the Vatican area was a cemetery long before it was acquired for the use of the church, so every time they excavated a foundation they ...

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    When in Roma

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    ... 't expecting it in the slightest, but hey it was an awesome surprise :) Yes Britt you were right, the pizzas in the Vatican area are amazing!!! Rome was just go go go for us and we would love to go back again one day. The Sistine Chapel was absolutely ...

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    Roaming Roma

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    ... for. Refreshed and ready to get back in to it (it was after 3pm at this stage), we headed off from the Vatican area of Rome on foot to do some exploration. We headed off down the superb Via della Conciliazione, created by Mussolini. This lead us ...

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    When in Rome.. do as a tourist would!

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    ... much from one side of the city to the other!     Our day started with our included tour. We drove to the Vatican area to pick up our city guide, who was female and could actually speak English this time! From there she took the bus past ...

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    When in Rome..

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    ... Man is it expensive. We haven't been in anywhere but we've seen it all from the outside. The 'paying in' bit of the Vatican area was 12 euros each. The Roman Catholic church must be completely loaded as the queue stretched back for miles with hundreds of ...

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    Day 2 in Rome - Vatican museums and other areas

    ... was lovely, but the cathedral was closed due to a ceremony for Easter, so we'll get back tomorrow. We then toured the Vatican area, went to castle St. Angelo and drossed the river toward navona square, which was absolutely stunning. We visited over half ...