Rome
Travel Blogs from Rome, Italy
Another return to the Eternal City.....
... lost if they reply too quickly, but for the most part I've been having a lot of fun with the language this time in Italy. I ordered the grilled vegetables (which are apparently supposed to be eaten with olive oil and salt), a Pasta al Ragu dish and Vino ...
Imperial Rome
Absolutely magnificent! We began with a special pass to a tour of the Vatican Museum. Surely, not all of it, just a bit, but it was wonderful. The buildings are fabulous as is the art. Then the Sistine -- it was, of course, superb! I cried at seeing it. ...
Cold
... Today was better, Im alot better. So we headed out to the church of saint Perter or something. There are over 900 churches in Rome and most are called St. Peter or Mary in whereever they happen to be. Anyway this one had a sculpture by Michelangelo called ...
A donation to Roman Society
When we finally got back to the train station in Rome, it was very late and we were very tired. As we were walking I kicked something. I bent down and picked it up. It was 3 20 Euro bills! I was thinking "wow I just came into some ...
Rome: second day
Hi. Just put this up to show some photos. Have been very busy...on the go. Will scribe more later. Off to Vatican today, Friday, our last full day in Rome. We head to Sorrento ...
Vatican City & Spanish Steps
... was huge, and impressive… but after seeing many different chapels, duomos and cathedrals in the last fortnight throughout France & Italy, the Basilica of St Peter wasn’t quite as impressive as some of those. We wandered through the whole ...
Old Stuff
... know if you'll make it back before leaving in three or four days. This is especially true in Rome. After Fred arrived, we had a short Team Italy meeting at our new accommodations, which were three blocks from the Colosseum. We headed for the Centro ...
Rome, Italy
... in. Still no pictures at this point. We've filled up almost 3 memory cards, so there's a lot to sort through! Rome was a great and very exhausting excursion. Kristen and I had been preparing for Rome for some time, but really didn't ...
on to rome!
... they played all the songs that we knew, and many many songs that we did not :) today i have just been wandering around rome, getting my bearings. saw the outside of the colosseum (they were still clearing up from the concert inside) and the roman ...
Jour 17 : Trastevere et Campo De' Fiori
Une petite journée plus calme aujourd'hui, avec au programme de la marche dans les rues de Rome, au hasard, sans grande attraction majeure de prévue. Nous quittons même beaucoup plus tard qu'hier, on fait un peu d'Internet après le déjeûner, ...

