Just a writer having the time of my life exploring this world
You should skip one of the most famous landmarks of the city, one of the most famous buildings in the world: The Roman Colosseum. Yes, yes you should still go outside and get pictures while admiring the circular, arched beauty of the decaying structure. But you should skip going inside the Colosseum. 1. You'll be exhausted …
Sunday morning was a big walking day for us; we began early after breakfast with Rick Steves' guided walk through Rome. It started near our hotel (near the Trevi Fountain) and circled down through the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo di Fiori and then we went to the Jewish ghetto. The self-guided tour was probably my favorite outing …
On our Saturday in Rome, we returned from Vatican City and decided to skip lunch — and replace it with gelato, of course. We went to Giolitti, which was about 5 minutes from out hotel through a piazza. It was an adventure reaching it since the arrow just points straight across the piazza. We ended up wandering …
The Trevi Fountain just became my favorite place in Rome. It's full of that quintessential historic Roman feeling that I learned about in high school social studies. You can feel the age of the city and the excitement of summer, watching the waves ripple like a swimming pool in the light turquoise water. Coins shimmer …
After an Italian breakfast of sausage, scrambled eggs, apple pastry and the best coffee (tasted like less sweet coffee ice cream) at our hotel, we were prepared for the four hour tour of the Vatican City in Rome. The bus departed early at 7:30 a.m. (aka 8 a.m. Italian time) on Saturday morning near our hotel. We were …
