Marc Aurelio Rome
Via Gregorio XI 141 Rome, Lazio, 00166, Italy
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Roma part deux
... br> The bus stopped for about 15 minutes at the train terminal, which was half way around the tour for us but was actually the real starting/stopping point for the bus tour. As we waited we noticed that the sun was starting to edge down and the temperature was starting to go down with it. Being a clear day the sun took on an amazing colour that bathed the buildings in an orange glow. It was starting to get towards 7pm and traffic seemed to be getting to its high ...
All roads lead to Rome!
... lands very much inhabited by people. It's so green and yellow and red everywhere in the countryside, it's definitely like a picturebook. It's impossible not to feel inspired in a place like this. Stefano told us about the olive trees in the area and how olive oil is made, as well as the common tobacco plants, which are handmade into cigars, and require lots of water to grow. There were also many chocolate factories.
Anyways, we arrived in Rome around 4:30 and after a ...
Rome, the Early Days
... ancient place.
We grab a sandwich at a nearby stand and talk with an American grad student who is “couch surfing” her way through Europe. She connects on-line with people in the destination city of her choosing and they offer their couch/futon, usually for free, as accommodation. She listens intently as Kai ...
Withdrawal, ruins and stepping into a man's mouth
... and Italian sandwich, pasta or pizza in my tummy, life was great :)
Back to being in Rome....Arriving at the one clean hostel in this city (I swear, go check all the reviews!), I am excited to find out just how new it is. It only opened 8 days ago, so brand spanking new my duvet cover still smells of factory and so far really well maintained and managed. One of my dorm mates is from Jordan and lives in Freiburg / Germany. I ...
Roman Holiday
... and the streets are dirty, but I guess that comes with age.We then walked on to the Pantheon. It was exquisite. The second oldest intact structure in the world. I guess one of the great achievements of Christianity is the preservation of artefacts from Antiquity, starts to make up for all the evil that has come from it as well.Most of the remaining structures in Rome only exist today because they were ...



