Roma, Italy Travel Blogs

Roma
Jun 8, 2003 (13 photos)

Oh what a city! If I could have I would have changed our itinerary.  I would have shortened our stay in Florence from 5 nights to 3 and extend Rome from 3 nights to 5.  This city is incredible (and incredibly hot - beware!).  There's so ...

Pisa, Firenze, Venezia, Roma
May 23, 2001 (7 photos)

... afternoon wandering around the cemetary. - Walking around Burano, Lido, and central Venezia and getting lost at every opportunity. ROMA (Rome) Our highlight in Rome wasn't the Colosseum, the Vatica, or the Sistine Chapel, but a somewhat macabre ...

Big Business
Nov 1, 2002 (1 photos)

I woke up on Halloween morning and took a grumpy Calen for breakfast. We drank coffee and ate croisanttes. Then I went to a fruit and vegetable market to buy persimmons and a banana. I couldn't believe how cheap it was! And it was tasty too. We all ...

The Roma Gang
Nov 5, 2002 (1 photos)

I changed hostels for the last time in Europe and have really come upon a winner. It's called Fawlty Towers and it's pretty popular so make sure to book ahead. I love everything about it from the colorful paintings on the wall to the cheerful staff. The ...

TGIF
Oct 31, 2002 (2 photos)

... Friday! Not that it matters but I remember when I was in the real world how great Fridays were. So its almost day three. It's BOUND to get better. I just heard there are earthquakes here in Italy. Sooooo I guess I wont be going south. More news soon...

Acting Immortal in the Eternal City
Jan 24, 2005 (9 photos)

... much), Rome is an amazing city. I can't wait to see what Florence looks like! Although I am having a great time in Italy, I miss everyone a lot. Please e-mail me and let me know how everything in your life is going. I will have pictures to send very ...

When in Roma.....
Feb 16, 2006 (23 photos)

... to Sicily and then on to Naples and the Amalfi Coast. It means that we've still got a fairly long 'wish list' for Italy, but we're sure that no-one leaves this country without good intention to return. Our Alitalia flight landed after dark, which made ...

Ancora a Roma, e penso a Cagliari
Jul 12, 2008 (7 photos)

... di Catalogna e nemmeno tre di Italia: i santi, le chiese, i nomi delle strade, la forma dei balconi: non c'č niente di Roma, o molto poco, a Cagliari; ma tutto ti parla di Barcellona e di oltremare, di commerci, di tessuti di raso lucido, di pittori e ...

A Day of Churches
May 31, 2007 (3 photos)

Hi there, I am only half way through the day but have some time before our tour bus leaves to go and see Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. We got away early again today and boy does it make a big difference when you get somewhere before the 9am-over-60's- ...

Rome not sure what day it is, maybe Thursdays
Sep 7, 2006 (8 photos)

Ok, I have arrived safe and sound. Before I start let me say that they fuāked the keyboard up and that I think a liter of wine is a little more than one person should drink. Now that I have made my excuses lets continue. The first issue that must be ...

ostia antica
Dec 18, 2005 (4 photos)

... Metro and then a train out to Ostia Antica. Ostia (mouth - as the mouth of the Tiber) was the ancient seaport of Roma. It was a wealthy and important town in its own right and has extensive and amazing ruins. Nothing truly monumental like you find in Roma ...

The adventure begins
Dec 13, 2005 (2 photos)

... to the flat and a brief rest, we set out for the Trevi Fountains and a quick spin around the centre of Roma. First impressions: When I have imagined Roma, I've always thought primarily about the ancient stuff. You know, the Colosseum, Pantheon, Circus ...

La Bella Citta
Aug 26, 2006

... gelato and, of course, the temple of the Gods. By far one of my most humbling and inspired site visits to date in Italy. We took photos like all tourists must and I thought of how incredible every moment shared with these people at this place will be for ...

Last Day in Roma
Jan 23, 2007

Hello All,   Today was our last day in Rome and our last day before we depart back to Dallas.  We got up at the regular time and set out for the Vatican Museum.  After getting to see the School of Athens and of course the bad ass Sistine ...

Learning more every day!!!
Aug 19, 2006

OK, I'll try to catch up.. Yesterday we went to the Colossum and the Forum and took a great tour that was well worth it.. One fact I didn't know was at one time Rome controlled 120 million people which they said was 60% of the Earth population.... Maybe ...

Fiumicino, che pizza.
Jul 16, 2008 (1 photos)

Aeroporto di Fiumicino; a tutte le volanti: non volate con VUELING. La compagnia aerea mi chiama alle ore 23.15 di ieri sera, mi dice che il mio volo alle 9 del mattino č cancellato; sarō imbarcato su un altro volo, in partenza alle 15.30. Inutile dire che ...

CIVITAVECCHIA, PORT CITY - START OF CRUISE
Jun 14, 2007

... KILOMETERS NORTH OF ROME. THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. I DO NOT THINK THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO CALL MY SELF ITALIAN DAVE ONCE WE HAVE LEFT ITALIAN WATERS I WILL HAVE TO THINK UP A NEW NAME. ITALIAN DAVE AND THE VERY LOVELY LISE. VIVA LA ITALY .....

Roma
Jun 8, 2005

This is where I'll be!

Ariverderci Roma
Jul 31, 2007

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Roma
Mar 26, 2009

And we finally went to Rome. We've been meaning to go there for ages but were never able to find an affordable plane. I was a little worried that Rome couldn't live up to our incredibly high expectations after all this time ... boy was I wrong! ...

Roma #1
Jan 18, 2007 (1 photos)

... adventurous cab ride through the city got us to the train station. We boarded our train which stopped in Chiusi and then finally in Roma! We piled out of the train and hailed a giant cab station wagon and took another ride to our hotel for the rest of ...

A little down time.
Dec 16, 2005

... took the Metro back afterwards and I made a simple bolognese sauce with fresh tagliatelle and garlic bread. Interesting thing about Italy: no blood alcohol limit for driving, no minimum age for drinking, no minimum age for buying alcohol, no restrictions ...

Roming Rome
Oct 23, 2005 (21 photos)

... , we would probably still be standing there!? Instead we went hunting for pizza and gelato! You should think it would be easy in Italy, but with all those options, it can be difficult to find a place which has exactly the three flavours you are craving!

ROME - THE ETERNAL CITY
Jun 12, 2007

...  -THE FORUM  - THE COLOSSEUM  - THE TRIVOLI FOUNTAIN  - CONSTANTINE'S ARCH,  - THE PANTHEON  - ETC. THAT IS ALL FOR NOW ITALIAN DAVE AND THE VERY LOVELY LISE VIVA LA ITALY REMEMBER, BE GOOD TO YOURSELF!!!!!!!

FAO visit and first cooking class with Diane!!!
Jun 1, 2006 (2 photos)

... monument, and Via Fiori Imperali (Colosseum). She is a cute old English woman who fell in love with an Italian man, moved to Italy, and fell in love with cooking and the food. She is an excellent cook and has sold over 9 million copies of her cook books ...

Serious site bagging
Dec 17, 2005 (4 photos)

... did the day before. Yesterday, Friday, Melissa went into dice some mice so il ragazzi and I went into the centre of ancient Roma and did the most obligatory sites in some detail - the Colosseum and the old Roman Forum. I hadn't realised that there were ...

Roma... Totti and Little Ceasar
Sep 7, 2006

... cuz he hadnt eaten in a while, but the point of it is i found the mother fucker.. Turns out it wasnt the best food in italy, just the best bruchetta... but whatever, i still found teh place after 2 years... then we went for booze Fuck, i just deleted a ...

Roma
Jul 9, 2005 (10 photos)

Roma, After an incredible, fun, crazy, tiring and unforgettable week in Rome I think it's fair to say you haven't really been to Europe until you have been to Rome. The city really started europe as we know it (sure the greeks invented democracy and ...

Sketchy Italians....but its FRIDAY!!
May 19, 2006 (3 photos)

Buon Giorno! Last night Deb and I cooked dinner for our lovely roommates which turned out very well. We had chicken, salad with delicious tomatoes from the street market, and whole wheat pasta with excellent sauce. We ate around 8:30 then got ready to go ...

Flood Flashbacks
Nov 2, 2002

... tone, 'Good for you'. I mean, seriously, that has to be on the top ten worst pick up lines. Really. We are in Italy, buddy. How original can you get? So we brushed them off then went back to the hostel. We got changed into dry clothes then went back ...