Antica Fontana di Traiano Apartments
Travel Blogs from Rome
The Vatican Blows
... just over dinner and just wanted to eat something. Kyle picked the place on the corner of our street (2 blocks closer than the one we’d been trying to get to) called “Wanted”. We each had one glass of wine and water. Kyle got fried baby calamari and roasted chicken with potatoes. Hannah got pasta e fagioli (soup made from pasta and beans, fagioli=beans) and a beef filet with sautéed potatoes. Dinner was fantastic. We ...
The end is near...
... metro and walkable to lots of parts of the city. Today I think I did too much I am so exhausted I'm kind of just writing the entry to stay awake another ten minutes! I started today with a bang and went straight to coliseum which was breath taking. It was easy to imagine it being filled with thousands and the kind of crazy **** they got up to! I walked around tw forum which is also a big park full of ruins which ...
Attack of the Fly & WiFi
We wake fairly rested unsure of the time (I think I set the watch back instead of forward) and first thing is to phone our landlady and get the WiFI key and some hangers. She says she will be there between 3 & 4pm, I am thinking perfect! we can explore a little bit and get our bearings, to make sure I ask here what time it is (I have to resort to Spanish as I can't remember the Italian phrase) she says 1:40 ... I thought it was 11:40 ... oh well.
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Rome
Hello!
Im in Rome! It is just as hot here as in Lisbon. Now, before I left for Europe I was warned that the men in Portugal were very forward and to cover up there to avoid attention. However, in both London and Lisbon no-one bothered me. This is obviously a good thing, but it did make me wonder. Perhaps I was now too old and sensible looking to be bothered? Had I eaten just a few too many Portuguese custard tarts? But no, of course Rome ...
Oh Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou?
... restaurant and had the best--and very healthy--salad we have had in a long time. It was very nice to have something other than pizza and pasta for a change. That pretty much sums up the day. We took a bus back to the hostel and finished our laundry and grabbed some groceries from the supermarket nearby. Lauren discovered that she does not like sparkling water as we mistakenly bought 2 1.5L bottles of it for 16 cents. Who could pass up water ...
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