Princess Hotel Rome

... and I will leave Vancouver on August 17 flying to Venice where we will spend 4 nights at the Bauer Hotel and then on the 21st board the Ruby Princess and cruise the Mediterranean for 12 nights. We will visit Athens, Mikonos, Rome, Florence, Naples, ...

... made it to our hotel in Rome.  All of the perfroming groups for the festival are staying here.  It's called the Princess Hotel but we're thinking any princesses have long since departed.  It's fine but the rooms are very small.  But ...

... to go into central Rome. So we spent the evening having a wonderful dinner, and remarkable tiramisu poolside at this beautiful hotel. I feel like a princess! Tomorrow, we take on the Colosseum and Vatican.  It's 12:45 a.m. - hope I can get to sleep ...

Arrived this afternoon in Rome. Went out with a local guide and saw a few of the local sites, including the trevii fountain. This was after a HUGE italian meal...bread sticks, bruschetta, pasta, lasagne, vegies and gelato. Wasn't finished! Had a ...

... was happy to place one of the bags in the passenger seat.  Bob J. informs me that this is the same Mercedes model car that Princess Di was killed in.  I thank my husband for that bit of trivia, sure that he mentioned it because I was a little ...

... was completely destroyed and the current Pantheon was built in 126 AD, still pretty old! After our tour we went back to the hotel for dinner, change into concert dress and off to the final concert.  The final concert included 2 bands from Canada, one ...

... tour, sleeping in a bit then getting caught up in uploading pictures and working on the blog. Justin and I walked from the hotel for some lunch and then caught a cab to Piazza Navona for the performance. This was the second individual group ...

... Tiber river (fiume Tevere) going next to it, over it, round it… We had no trouble getting into and around Rome and found our hotel surprisingly easily. There was a big multi storey close to it, so we parked in there. We walked down Strada Gregoriana ...

... - anybody who has ever cruised knows the routine but it is mandatory. Glad we went because we were able to see Robyn's Princess Roomie "Bernadetta" sic spelling. Attached picture from sail away party is for Robyn but you all can look. She has her Dad and ...

... to our hotel, all was well, because the station is literally right outside our hotel. And the hotel is lovely. There's a concierge, who gave us a map of Rome on which he highlighted, from memory, ever major landmark, the train routes, the most useful bus ...

... in the region may not have been as understanding as the chaps we have back home and she advised me to suck it up princess and move on, which I promptly did. As usual the voice of reason made another excellent decision. We had a great dinner in a tiny ...

... thing that is in audrey hepburn's roman holiday, but it was 4.30 and 33 degrees and it was going to be quite a hike so i caught the train home (€1 for 75 mins access) and back to the hotel. Pompeii tomorrow, this is one of my expected ...

... at the Diana playground instead! We grabbed our bags and took the Gatwick Express train to catch our flight to Rome! I will talkabout our trip to the hotel tomorrow...but since John suggested the title for tonites blog I will let you know when we made ...

... beer was drank to overcome it. We had one roadside cafe stop and then another 1.5 hours driving before reaching our Hotel called The Princess. We got a Queen size bed which was great and the room was correspondingly large enough to accommodate it. A ...

... ;m no retard. The deal was done.  We paid for the upgrade and Donna transformed from a stomping lunatic to a dancing princess with absolutely no ability to concentrate.  Now it is time to talk about the family.  Seven striking members of ...

... in was a building that was built for the cardinals by the pope.  We got a short tour, and were showed where the Prince and Princess of Italy lived when Italy was united.  We then got to go out on the terrace.  This building was built on the ...

... -lasting dynastic royal family currently in power anywhere. The palace is a complex of buildings, and we saw Princess Caroline's residence, Princess Stephanie's residence, the church where Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier (as well as her tomb in the ...

Today we traveled to another country, Vatican City.  We entered through the Vatican Museums.  Here is an amazing collection of art and artifacts from all over the world.  Stone and marble statues, tapestries, and paintings everywhere. ...

... just isn’t worth it.  I forgot to mention an item from Stockholm.  The Cathedral of Sweden where the Crown Princess will be married this weekend was also the site of Pippy Longstocking’s funeral back in the 90’s I believe. ...

... Lufthansa via Frankfurt, it just seemed to take forever getting to Rome but eventually we made it. We checked in at the Marriott hotel midway between Rome's Fiumicino airport and the city of Rome. As we made our way to our room we ran into our ...

... one computer to another. On a happier note, we decided to stop by the oldest gelato factory in Rome on our way back to the hotel. http://www.palazzodelfreddo.it/ - insanely busy and fantastically delicious. The line up moves surprisingly ...