Hotel Il Monastero Rome

... tried the italian beer which was pretty good. After
dinner I headed back to the hostel and grabbed a map to plan my
siteseeing journey for tommorow. There is so much to see in Rome and I
really only have a day and a half so I have to be efficient. After
planning the next day I headed down to the bar for a few drinks. Of
course I met more Aussies and a girl from Victoria that just graduated
Rome, Lazio, Italy aaronfenske

... Colosseo and the old Forum area, next was Piazza Bocca della Virita, the Palatine and Circo Massimo. The 5th stop was Pizza Venezia. Here you find Palazzo Venezia and the famous balcony that Benito Mussolini did his speech to the Italians population. Next was Piazza Navona and it;s famous 3 fountains. From here the tour took us to stops at St Peters, Piazza Cavour, the Ara Pacis, Fontana di Trevi ...

... refreshed for a scary landing in Rome.  Paul was just waking up so I don't think he noticed anything askew.  I winced and sucked in some air when the winds buffeted the plane at just a hundred feet or so above the runway.  We hit a bit hard and somewhat misaligned such that the pilot had to correct before the front wheels touched.  From my angle it was just enough to wake me fully; from Paul's it was a typical landing.  "Really, that was scary for you ...

... pink arm digging in my bag! I was almost the victim of a Roma (gypsy) child pick pocket! Unfortunately, Rome has a lot of poor people, which you see begging in the street, some holding small babies or puppies. So the Roma population makes it's living in these manners. Sad to also see so much trash on the city streets, homeless living openly under bridges and parks, waste in the Tiber river. On our final day we visited St. Peter's square and ...

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 like a madman in my floral boardshorts past the locals, through the steep narrow staircases and thin, windy ...

... to eat it yet so he invited me to try some. Actually, it was delicious and after some not so tasty airplane food it was out of this world. It reminded me of a moister strawberry shortcake. Yum ... When our train arrived all the seats were already taken so I proceeded to stack my luggage and stand, however, Robert went to other cars further back to see if there were any seats left. He found two, two cars back with an Argentinian girl that had ...

... is an incredible building that has a large circular opening in the ceiling and drainage in the original floor. The 1st and 2nd Kings of Italy and artist Rafael are all buried there. After we made the short walk around the corner to Plaza Nevanya where we had some wine and appetizers. We walked around the city that night until about midnight.