So I started my first day in Rome by fighting the French school group for breakfast. After the violence, I decided to calm my soul through some religious reflection. By consulting the Enjoy Rome tourist office, I found out that a tour group was departing for the Vatican Museums pronto. Leaping on the Metro, I met the mostly middle aged American ...

What a day of contrasts. I started by popping energetically out of bed at 6:30 AM and being out of the house by 7:45. Which was kind of an unfortunate waste of energy, because I had absolutely nowheres to go. I bummed around the Spanish Steps until AmEx opened and changed some traveler's cheques. Flush with euro, I walked to the Galleria Borghes...

I am now doing my laundry in the rush to meet the girls for the enoteche tonight. Crystal, I went to the Il Gelatone today and treated myself to a San Valentino gelato. This morning I spent a little longer over breakfast than I usually do, eyeing the book trade selection available in advance of my trip to the UK. Departure lounges are boring pla...

great choice..i took the Eurostar from Florence to Rome..and not only did I save an hour, the ride was smooth and relatively ontime. (transportation in Italy does not run on time. My train this time was only 15 min late.....) anyway, the Roma Termini (Main station is huge)..think of the HK station MTR in Hong Kong. Many shops, restaurants, attra...

Well I'm back in Italy, this time the great city of Rome. It was a 24-hour journey from Corfu to Rome, by overnight ferry (where I slept on the floor), four trains (one of which stopped in Naples) and then finally to Rome. We found a cool hotel to stay at though (once again by following people we met on the train, this time it was two elementary...

Cinque Terre is such an unbelievably picturesque, postcard perfect place it's just not funny. Waking up with the sun streaming in and the fresh sea air outside our door, i decided it was pertinent that i head out for a glorious morning jog to combat the oil consumption and second consecutive gorgeing. As the Ipod pumped out rockin hits, i ran li...

Arrived at Termini Station and found our hostel, Alessandro Downtown, pretty quickly. The first thing I wanted to see was the Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain), so we quickly ran down there, had some photos (and the obligatory gelati) and wandered a bit more around the city to find our bearings. We saw the Colloseum, walked past the Roman forums...