Hotel Jolly Vittorio Veneto Rome

... looked like the could have been the works of the sisteen chapel. After a while of walking around we finally made it to the chapel...it was pretty cool. To think that one man did all of that incredible work on the ceiling yet was crazy! You weren't allowed to take pictures in the chapel...but luckily I am all about the secret pictures (thats how I got my picture of David in Florence). When we arrived at the museum there were no ...

... tired!) that he decided to Google it for us!! I was flabbergasted. We had been sitting there for all this time and I had even said to him that this process would have been easier if we had the internet, and he had done nothing. Anyway, he Googled the 24 hour place and it was ages away and he finally offered to try and find a place for us online. Unbelievable. <br><br>We sat and waited and after a few minutes he said that he had found a self service one that he thought was 24 hours ...

... together-- two night stands with lamps and a sink with hot -very hot-- and cold water. There were two (shared) bathrooms two doors down to the right and left of our door. They are two, possibly three very nice, very clean bathrooms. The bathroom we used had in three separate rooms within that bathroom, a toilet and sink, a sink and a shower, and a sink and tub. We never had to wait to use the bathroom. The Beehive Room Rate: E80 x night for the both of us. We have just ...

... you can't say you have been to Rome if you have not seen St Peters Basilica. Oh, what I can add is that whilst in the queue to enter the cathedral I stool in line with the pop star Seal (not the one on the coco pops box) and his wife and children, I was chuffed that even celebs had to queue. After being so impressed by St Peters I returned the following day to climb to the top of the cupola for a bird's eye view of the city. Anyone who has ever read Dan ...

... Sue and I wandered off to. It was a place that caters to the locals instead of the tourist types. It was a bit up scale for my style, but it was a great experience and absolutely fantastic food. We stopped in there as an emergency toilet stop and just lucked out. Rome is a really neat place that you truly need to spend several days at so you can walk the city and take it in at a much slower pace. We have been trying to ...

... little village. We had lunch there at a lovely outdoor restaurant whose claim to fame (in addition to the great food) is Willy the talking merlin ,who speaks Italian! What a smart bird! :) There was a couple lunching there who had just come from getting married. He ordered the HOUSE wine, and we thought that didn't bode well for her! The Coyles and the Clemons have discovered the truth of the adage, "Man cannot live by bread alone." No indeed ...

Rome was simultaneously more and less than I had expected. After our long trip, we eventually found our hotel, which was, unfortunately, under construction. The bad parts of Rome in summertime are the heat and the crowds, but as I look back, it could have been so much worse! We did make it to the Spanish steps on Monday night and after that, things certainly started getting better. Rome is definitely at its best at night when the crowds have ...

... anna has already used this in her email, but it really is quite the right thing to say...) Halleluja!! - praise the lord and pass the tamborine!!!! Made it. However, being the wonderful low cost airline that it is, as well as its merits (i.e - low cost) it also has its bad points. Ryan Air, decided that we needed an hour delay....****....Anna and I are at this point stressing re:missing the connection to Heathrow. Contingency plan A - public transport. - Might not be working ...

Still in Roma! We finally found my girlfriend Debra. She just arrived today. So now there are 3 of us traveling together... the more the merrier! We cannot decide if we should leave for Florence tonight or wait till morning. We are all extremely exhausted.. We didnt do much sight seeing today...It took half the day locating my girlfriend. Did you know if you spell ROMA backwards its AMOR? Show me the love!!! I will ...

... where in this sea of touristico eateries? We eventually decided that the only thing to do, was to leave any streets with shops, of any description, and try to find a residential area where the locals might eat. I don't think any really exist, but we came mighty close. At Trattoria Pallottino, 3 Via dell 'Isola Delle Stinghe, we discovered only one table of English speakers. All the others were Italian, and within half an hour, there were queues of people waiting for a ...