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It's (Not) the Papal Visit
... and his wife (or a former jilted mistress?) has located him…
The Villa Farnesina is nearby. The elegant renaissance building was built in 1511 and features Raphael’s ‘Cupid and Psyche’ fresco on the ceiling of an open loggia. We pay €5 to get in and it’s well worth it: the fresco is gorgeous and the villa outstanding with gorgeous marble floors, murals and frescos in most rooms. ...
No justice for Rome!
... br>
So the ticket says Tour Di Roma... The places that we were supposed to hit up were Terme Di caracalla- Pizza Venezia-For Imperiali- Colosseo esterno- colle Oppio- Traforo Romano- Fontana Di Trevi- Pantheon Pizza Navona... THEN LUNCH then.... San Pietro- partenza- salida then we depart Civitavacchia then to the port.. All of this from 1030-1730....
7 hours?!... First of all, I felt like I was on the ...
When in Rome
... Angelo to the spanish steps, then through past Fontana de Trevi (Trevi Fountain) and all the way to the Collosium, which dominates the view from a good 500m or more up the street. I spent a good long time queing for the colloseum, then spent probably an equal amount of time wandering through it and reading up on its history. I found it hard to believe, but after rome had fallen the Colloseum stood for almost a thousand years without being used, in fact it was being ...
The Eternal City!
The next day, we went to Rome, the eternal city. I'd SO been looking forward to it, and it didn't disappoint! We went on a city tour, seeing the Trevi Fountain (I tossed my coins and wished to come back!) Spanish steps, and the walls of the Vatican. Then we went for dinner. The waiter was so funny - oh god though, we eat our appetizer and 2 pasta dishes, and feeling full, wonder how we'll manage dessert... when in comes ...
PART TWO – ROME
... and jumped on the hop on-hop off bus instead. It was pretty slow going and most of the headphones didn’t work so we decided to get off at the Coliseum and do a tour. It was fantastic! Our ticket will allow us to have a tour of the Forum when we get back as we ran out of time.
It was quite late by the time we got back to our hotel, so we just had a very quick freshen-up before heading out to find somewhere to have dinner. We found ...