Abemus In San Pietro
Travel Blogs from Rome
Spring Break in Italy, in Highlight Form
... service for Palm Sunday without any swiveling of heads to inspect female churchgoers, and had high-level philosophical conversation with my cousin about his experience, goals, views on the world, etc. Not a single cuss word was uttered!
Rome to Naples, Day 4: We took the cheapest train, and found out that for the first hour or so we had to ride crammed into the area between cars like sardines because there's neither seat assignment nor a limit on people who can ...
Walking the Footsteps of Emperors and Gladiators
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The exit lead us straight to the Colosseum so I guess we were supposed to visit the Forum first. I have to say this arena is HUGE! It looked twice as big as the Verona Arena. Considering that it was built almost 2000 years ago, ...
Roma!!
... to most popular places. There are only two lines that intersect at the main station. Once we got to the Vatican we decided to go to the museum there first. The line to get in took a while, but it was worth it. The Vatican Museum is one of the biggest museums in the world, and I felt like I only saw a tiny bit of it. There were lots of ancient artifacts, sculptures, tapestries, etc. that took us a while to get through. The end of the tour concluded with the Sistine Chapel - wow! It ...
Italy Part 1
... of the town and the Tuscan countryside beyond. We really enjoyed Siena, its an awesome wee place and would love to go back.
The next day we headed to Florence, it was very hot. Once we found our accomodation - a camping ground set on the Southern hills overlooking Florence (near Piazza Michelangelo for those of you who know the place). It has the most incredible view looking out over the whole city. It looks great from a distance. We found a bar with the same view ...
Rome in a day!
... even threw in a bunch of mummified monks (complete with robes) for fun. Sorry we couldn't take photos! Before dinner, we managed to see (in four hours) the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, an opera house, three ancient chapels, the president's home, the Piazza Navona and it's three fountains, and many other sights due to our inexhaustible will to walk ...