Rome, Italy Travel Blogs

... the fact that it was February, making fresh ingredients at a premium, everything still tasted fresh and flavorful. Another interesting Rome fact: Most of the fountains spew potable water. Unless otherwise marked the water is safe to drink and it seems ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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... make it to the ferry JUST in time but get to the airport with plenty of time to spare before our flight. We get into Rome and run into the two Australians from Carpe Diem a few nights before. We check into our hotel and relax over dinner before heading ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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... - Janet - asked to sit beside me. She was also tentatively traveling solo today, her husband attending a conference in Rome. We formed a partnership for the purposes of finding lunch and exploring beyond the bus and first stop was the Spanish Steps. ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... huge in front of you. It is a real shame that they haven't preserved it as well as some of the other old buildings in Rome, I think it would have been awesome if they had. Ah well, it still does look pretty awesome from the outside. We started to flag ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... one of those classic big cities you just have to go see at least once in your lifetime. If I should sum up Rome after our short visit; Incredibly beautiful. Full of stunning architecture, historical buildings and monuments. Very expensive (we managed to ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... don't have the time to do the city justice. Grab some lunch and then we need to head back to the station and Rome. Short wait for a train and in maybe twenty minutes we are standing beside Circus Maximus. It is impossible to describe how it feels ...

A travel blog entry by aussiepanda
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... Tuscan villages to Chiusi where it met a train. But it was not fast and it was very annoying having watched the Rome Direct buses leave Siena station. Why did the bus people not volunteer this information yesterday when we asked THEM about travel to ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... pas coucher dehors. Absolument toutes les auberges etaient full! (anglais sort de ce corps!) Deambulant dans les rues de Rome tel un vagabon, je regardais quel buisson ferait le meilleur abris quand surgit Wong le chinois furtif! Wong m offrit comme ...

A travel blog entry by jelg
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... , the mouth of truth, Trastavere, etc etc, stopping occasionally for an espresso, a slice of pizza, or gelati. I decided that ROme would be the perfect place to learn the Italian language. However,my aspirations were quickly put to rest after making a few ...

A travel blog entry by aussierach
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... -in and scrambled eggs courtesy of Roberto's supplies. With map and guidebook in hand, we then headed out into the Rome traffic - a skill yet to be mastered. With traffic that ignores zebra crossings and a severe shortage of traffic lights, crossings ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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After weeks of entries filled with news, Rome is seeming a bit ho-hum. Reached the stage of "ho-hum another basilica with ancient frescos" and "not another ruin..." Not motivated to take photos of yet another marble masterpiece and the glimpses of human ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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· Rome, Italy · GMT +1:00 hour Rome. If you want to And so onto the Italian capital. Just like Pisa I doubt this place needs much of an introduction. Pretty much everyone knows it's a place with 2,700 years of history and the place where modern ...

A travel blog entry by byrnedm
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... lights as Janis Joplin and Stevie Wonder - who I doubt appreciated the fine views out our bedroom window onto the alley. But Rome is truly a wonderful place. So much going on all the time. We are just a few blocks from the Vatican. A block from the ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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... and larger mausoleums of weathier Romans were still very evident along with tiles serving as headstones. The return trip to Rome should have been straightforward except that today was Gay Pride March Day - or the Italian equivalent thereof. One large ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... -broodjies one night. It was great to have met her and I sure we'll run into each other in the near future. Back to Rome. As usual we booked a walking tour of the city to get a better idea of the city and Roman empires history which took us through all ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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... in Rome, to get here we had to get on a few light plates from santorini to athens, then athens to rome. Had so much turbulence coming into Italy - twas good! haha :o) Well, not the best start to Italy. The hostel we checked into was so dodgy. Has 6 ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... , Sistine Chapel, visiting Rome is like taking European history 101. I also noticed the massive number of scooters here in Italy. From my observation, it seems like there are more female riders than the males. They wear knee high boots with big ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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... was a window seat and a good one too! AOK. We also had to show our cruise documents as we need to show a departure from Italy and had no onward flights. No problems with the 25kg bag (2nd Qantas Club test) and the bags were checked right through to Rome ...

A travel blog entry by aussiepanda
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... , drinking beers and watching the sun set, fabbo. I knew that tomorrow would be a tiring day, having a few hours to hang around Rome before the train for Ancona, and the others had to get up early for their flight, so we didn't have a really late one. ( ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... Sistine chapel and having accomplished the basilica in two hours,we still had the better part of the day to further explore Rome. We walked some kilometres across the river and through the bohemian section of Rome to Piazza Navrona and the Pantheon, both ...

A travel blog entry by scootergal
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... 10 metres away from me when I was checking out at the campsite. Managed to purchase my train ticket at the station, then it was off to Rome, an ok journey, and I was sat near a small child who was learning how to speak, so I tried to pick up on a bit of ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... . It was hot. I waited about an hour to climb to the roof of St Basilica's, which afforded me an amazing view of all of Rome. I paid 4 euro to climb the 540 stairs. You have the option to pay 7 euro if you get a lift to the 240th step. Once I'd done ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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... her bag and didnt manage to get anything. Mental note, shrieking seems to work. Everyone knows that, if they want to return to Rome, you have to throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain, or you want to kiss an Italian man (or woman)- throw two! But be ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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... -treating Boudicca and ravaging our country leaving nothing but civilisation, mosaics and straight roads. Unfortunately for the Romans and Rome they thenselves were later to fall foul of the barbarian hordes and all they brought were golden arches. As we ...

A travel blog entry by supertrampz
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... free call number for Iberia, an affiliate with QANTAS, and pointed out the payphones across the road. Just one slightly major problem, in Italy all the public phones use cards, no coins and it seems that no one sells the cards required to use them. So we ...

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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... and so forth is because Julias Ceaser had an Affair with Cleopatra the Egyptian Queen), therefor the interest in egypt thoughout Rome. they all seem pretty popular with the pidgeons though !haha. Stumbled up on tthe castle of Angelo, which was pretty ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... . Right in the middle of Rome and the day to day traffic and hustle and bustle it majestically sits - a reminder of Rome's civilized yet barbaric past. There is a really nasty side to Rome however,which we experienced first hand. We were getting on a ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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J ai finalement trouve une auberge mais elle est a 45min de Rome. Par contre je suis literalement SUR la plage! Enfin presque... L'auberge est une ancienne ecole. C'est immense et tres beau. J'ai vu sur la mer! J'ai passe ma journee d'hier a me baigner ...

A travel blog entry by jelg
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... it was two elementary school teachers from Anapolis), I got a fill-sized bed to sleep on too. Rome is great. Probably my favorite city in Italy. Florence was cool for awhile, but art museums and bars and clubs packed with American students gets old ...

A travel blog entry by orangenemo
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... are no shoes of my size in Rome. What a depressing scenario! Rob headed off to explore the Forum more closely and we ate out for our last night in Italy. Off to enjoy the hospitality of Cathay Pacific early tomorrow morning... "Sirens" - Roxy Music

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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