Villa Silj
Travel Blogs from Rome
Day 3 in Rome
... tour of the colosseum, our guide led us to St. Clemente church nearby whose current priest noticed a variety of columns in his old church and got curious about its past. He discovered a column just under an arched wall in his church and began an excavation. St Clemente now boasts not one, but two layered churches under its floor. One - 65 feet down, from around the 11th century with detailed frescoes and the first known example of latin slang forming the ...
A despedida da Toscana e a chegada a Cidade Eterna
... para, na periferia de Roma... somente com o motorista e nos quatro... e o motorista sai para fumar e diz que vais esperar uns 10-15 minutos.... que coisa....
Bem... final da historia.... chegamos em Termini depois da 1:30hs, ou seja, metros fechados.... pensamos em pegar taxi, mas o unico que apareceu foi um pirata.... desistimos.... fomos andando mesmo.... nao era longe... 2 estacoes de metro.... chegamos em menos de 15 minutos.... mortos.....
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Sistine Chapel
So Monday, Halloween, we went to the Vatican Museo, We woke up early and got to the entrance at 9:10 (it opened at 9). We then stood in line for the next 2.5 hours. Seriously bizarre to stand in line for so long but there were some Americans standing in front of us that study in Italia and I talked to them for a while. Oh on a sidenote, it will be rediculously hard for me to say thank you when I come back to the US. I say merci all the time, I tried to ...
Camilla and Caravaggio
... meat and cheese for lunch – the boys have declared themselves sick of restaurant food and so we oblige. Today, prosciutto and mortadella on fresh rolls and Saturn peaches.
Our task for the late morning was to acquire a gift for Gabe's girlfriend, Camilla, a topic debated among the four of us since the first day of the trip. With only two days left, the rubber had hit the girlfriend gift road for Gabe. ...
When in Rome
... on me. Good thing I know some sign language, he understood real quick. Also glad that sword of his is not real.
It was a nice day to go in Rome. We had a wicked mixture of sun and cloud, and when it was captured in a nice picture, the results felt surreal. The long 40 minutes walk back to the bus was accompanied by gellatto, again. I made a promise to myself not to have anything but gellatto while I am out in the Mediterranean, **** soft ice cream -- no ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Free parking
- Pets allowed