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Travel Blogs from Rome
We made it to Roma
... They have a cute glass elevator that just held me, our four big suitcases, and the young man, who had fallen down the steps a couple of weeks ago and almost broke his foot. He is still limping quite a lot. We asked for the wifi password and he gave us a slip of paper with it, along with a map of Rome, with the location of the hotel circled. After we all checked in with our various electronic devices, we decided to go out in search of ...
Home of Emperors & Popes
... the young man was half New Zealander (Mother) and half Italian (Father) which explained his excellent English. The guide also assured us she'd help us access a wheel chair for Allan. After we booked for the next day we set off to return to our 'hop-on/hop-off' bus (as we had tickets for 2 days) and passed dozens of other 'hawkers' trying to sell guided St Peter's/Vatican city tours in every language known to man, all the way up the road....
Our next stop was ...
Day 22 - Last day in Rome...Last day of Wandering
... Hill, there was a close up and incredible view of the Roman Forum, which was the meeting place for the people 2000 years ago...there are still columns and arches, but lower there are obvious rooms and paved areas....our guide told us that these lower areas, below the current city street level, has all been excavated since he came to Rome! He showed us where he used to drive his wife to work each day on a road which is no longer there, because they started doing ...
AMOR~ROMA
... street every friday (so do regular staff members, they have a bar they go to too).
so, the next day i decide to try and catch lunch with this group. meet some people. now. being me. shy little me. as i go to lunch, it proves to be harder than i thought. i go up stairs to the cafe at 12:30 and walk outside and there they are, a big group of people who i could only assume was the VIFAO group. my heart is beating fast because i was hoping to see ...
Rome, Italy with my MOTHER!
... time with her! We went to dinner that night and had a bottle of white wine! After dinner we went to a bar and had a few drinks! It was so fun! We got back to the hotel and mom fell because she missed the step. The man at the front desk came running. We were laughing so hard. Maybe a lil tipsy!!! We laughed so hard that night in bed! At our hotel we were able to make free calls to the US, so trust me I took advantage of ...