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Sensory Overload - and loving it!

A travel blog entry by geebeare

Up early again and left the Hotel at 8:00am to drive to Rome - big day of 600km.
Two stops along the way - one for a toilet break and 45 minutes for lunch at another Autogrill. We had made up some lunch from the breakfast buffet this morning, so no lunch time adventures to report today. Made up for how much we spent yesterday anyway!

Miracles of an ancient people

A travel blog entry by geebeare

Had a sleep in this morning - didn’t have to get up until 6:30am!

Back into the centre of Rome and straight to the Collosseum. WOW WOW WOW - a sight to behold from outside the walls, but once inside you could feel and almost hear and smell the crowds roaring in the stands as the gladiators entered the arena.

So …

Rome

A travel blog entry by robert.mcgrath

Day 8 VENICE - ROME (2 nights)

Today leave the plains of the Veneto behind and drive into the Apennine hills past Bologna and into Tuscany and Umbria. Soon you will be in the region of Lazio en route to Rome, the Eternal City. Tonight, why not experience a little of 'La Dolce Vita'? (Buffet Breakfast)

We passed on the optional …

Veni, vidi, vici

A travel blog entry by miles_to_go

... October, August must be pure hell.

Capitoline Hill has been inhabited since the 17th century BCE. That's mind blowing.

Thanks a lot, Assassin's Creed. I'm walking all over Rome looking at historical landmarks, and inevitably my first thought it, "I climbed that."

The downside of learning how to ask for directions in Italian: the answer is given in rapid Italian and is therefore rendered useless. ...

Day 8

A travel blog entry by ashleywest

... of that is practice it, tweak, and add in costume changes/extra props/etc. After rehearsal a group of us took the metro to the Trevy fountain. Then we wandered around forever trying to find a restaurant that Ben had looked up that was supposed to be amazing. We ended up walking forever, and finally found it. It was a tiny little place that almost looked like it had been someone's house. The food turned out to be delicious, and the waiter/owner kept ...

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