Rome Italy -
After over a decade of dreaming about it, i finally made it to my own personal Mecca... ever since middle school i've been infatuated with Roman History and have loved every single movie to do with that time period, i've dreamt about going to this place since i can remember... dream... come true!!
The first day we got there we walked around our neighborhood a little bit and explored the little souvenir shops. We purchased our typical shot glass and post card, got a cheap dinner and called it a night so we could rest up for the day ahead of us tomorrow.
The second day we went straight for the good stuff, the hop on hop off tour and only waited two stops to exercise that right, as i was about as geeked out as i've ever been, The Colosseum!! we spent about an hour or two here and just marveled at the amazingness of the history that this spot had seen. From there we went to palentine hill and the roman forum, so much history (that i was actually interested in) and so little time. We found some pretty good souvenirs for my Uncle Joe and Nick... haha can't wait for them to see what they got. We hopped back on our tour and went a few more stops and ate lunch right by the Trevi Fountain, which was also amazing where kayla got all her bridesmaids a souvenir (all 10,000 of them haha). After lunch and the souvenir shopping we went back to our hop on hop off tour and finished it up then called it a night.
The third day in rome we went to Vatican City, St. Peters Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. Talk about a "how am i so lucky" moment... We spent all day touring the three sites and it was so amazing, we saw some amazing works of art, some amazing works of religion and some just flat out amazing things. After the vatican tour we went back to our room and called it a night.
The Fourth day in rome was a lazy day (finally). We slept with no alarm to wake us up which was nice, then when we did wake up we took our time, mailed off some stuff to back home, reserved a shuttle to the air port for our trip to Athens and the only sight seeing we did was the Pantheon which was pretty amazing, the largest concrete dome in the world. Before going into the Pantheon we had lunch at a little restraunt in the ally that led to it, i know i've been saying how good italy's food was... but this was by far, the best, food i've ever eaten... i can't even pronounce what i ate (or begin to spell it) but it was like lasagna but it was spelt like canoli (not an actual canoli, i know what those are but i'm trying to get you in the ball park incase you go).
The next morning at 3am we left the coolest place i've ever been, and i already can't wait to go back!! I love italy, and Rome did not disappoint AT ALL...
After over a decade of dreaming about it, i finally made it to my own personal Mecca... ever since middle school i've been infatuated with Roman History and have loved every single movie to do with that time period, i've dreamt about going to this place since i can remember... dream... come true!!
My Personal "Mecca"Outside of the colosseum Rome had many wonderful sights to offer, although we stayed in a rather cheap (but close) part of town, which turned out to be Rome's "China Town" I loved every second of it and the kid who was about my age, who owned the place was very nice and friendly.
The first day we got there we walked around our neighborhood a little bit and explored the little souvenir shops. We purchased our typical shot glass and post card, got a cheap dinner and called it a night so we could rest up for the day ahead of us tomorrow.
The second day we went straight for the good stuff, the hop on hop off tour and only waited two stops to exercise that right, as i was about as geeked out as i've ever been, The Colosseum!! we spent about an hour or two here and just marveled at the amazingness of the history that this spot had seen. From there we went to palentine hill and the roman forum, so much history (that i was actually interested in) and so little time. We found some pretty good souvenirs for my Uncle Joe and Nick... haha can't wait for them to see what they got. We hopped back on our tour and went a few more stops and ate lunch right by the Trevi Fountain, which was also amazing where kayla got all her bridesmaids a souvenir (all 10,000 of them haha). After lunch and the souvenir shopping we went back to our hop on hop off tour and finished it up then called it a night.
The third day in rome we went to Vatican City, St. Peters Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. Talk about a "how am i so lucky" moment... We spent all day touring the three sites and it was so amazing, we saw some amazing works of art, some amazing works of religion and some just flat out amazing things. After the vatican tour we went back to our room and called it a night.
The Fourth day in rome was a lazy day (finally). We slept with no alarm to wake us up which was nice, then when we did wake up we took our time, mailed off some stuff to back home, reserved a shuttle to the air port for our trip to Athens and the only sight seeing we did was the Pantheon which was pretty amazing, the largest concrete dome in the world. Before going into the Pantheon we had lunch at a little restraunt in the ally that led to it, i know i've been saying how good italy's food was... but this was by far, the best, food i've ever eaten... i can't even pronounce what i ate (or begin to spell it) but it was like lasagna but it was spelt like canoli (not an actual canoli, i know what those are but i'm trying to get you in the ball park incase you go).
The next morning at 3am we left the coolest place i've ever been, and i already can't wait to go back!! I love italy, and Rome did not disappoint AT ALL...
Rome as a whole: 9 - The history here was un beatable, my favorite time in all of history and to walk the same places that some of the people that paved the way for the country i love, i do not have words for how cool Rome was.
The italian Language: 9 - Probably to coolest language to listen to people speak, something about it sounds so elegant and romantic.
The attractiveness of the (local) people: 8 - not as many hotties in Rome
Expensiveness: 7 (not bad at all) - Rome was a little more expensive but still not "that" bad.
Sights to see: 10 - I would come here just for the Colosseum, but their is so much more to see and it's amazing.
Food: 101919292 - Yes, thats right, above ten... best food to ever pass these lips...
This is what it looked like, and i want more NOW!!
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