Fourth destination - Rome. The next day, after breakfast, we left for Rome. Nice sunny weather, the temperatures were incresing while getting closer to Rome. When we arrived, there were 18 degrees - just perfect! The hotel was very nice, actually this and the one in Bologna were the best hotels, so if you plan a trip and you are interested I can tell you the names :). So we left our things at the hotel and left to see the city. We waited for the bus for 20 mins and when it finally arrived we got in and realized that we can't buy tickets in the bus, so we had to get off at the first stop. And here began the real legs and feet pain. Firstly we went to the Old Centre, where you can see all the Roman ruins, Traian's Column, the amazing Colosseum and very old beautiful buildings.
Then we went all the way along the Tibre and saw the bridges and the small island on the river, where there is another old, huge building, and after walking and walking we arrived at the Pantheon. A small piazza with a fountain in the middle, the Pantheon on one side and all the other sides full of terraces and restaurants. Under the roof sustained by the imposing columns of the Pantheon people had found shelter from the rain. Yes it started raining again, the joy! As in for us, we sat at a terrace, had some pastas and a bottle of water, shared some jokes with the waiter and enjoyed the view. Beautiful!
With the last senses in our legs, we continued our on-foot trip up to Fontana di Trevi, which was not as I imagined it to be (or what I saw in the movies, liars! :-P), it was even better. We saw it that night and also the next day, and I can't decide whether it was more beautiful by day or by night. After some more walking - and I'm telling you that I couldn't feel my feet anymore! , we finally arrived at the hotel.
We spent the second day in Rome by exploring some more. We went to see Piazza de Spagna and Piazza del Popolo (both are large urban squares), after which we went to the Vatican. Huge queues of people waiting to see the museum, crowds of people walking around the big square. You could still see the chairs and the floral arrangements they had in the square for Easter. Impressive building, wonderful place.
With this, we kind of saw everything in Rome, and we still had half a day to spend in the city, so Fontana di Trevi was once again on the list, the city centre and somehow, before getting dark we got to the Vatican again. Needless to say, feet pain again. This day ended for us after having dinner in a small, cute restaurant near our hotel.
Fifth, and last destination - Verona. On the way back we stoped at half of the distance in this (seemed to me) small, but very chic, clean and pretty city. Oh well, after seeing the hotel I got a bit depressed, but I had to put myself together thinking that it's only one night and anyway, we'll spend the whole day out. Don't get me wrong, everything was white and clean, but the way it looked was not very nice. Anyway, we got to the city centre where you can see a big square with many terraces and the main attraction - the Arena, which is smaller than Colosseum (actually the third as size in Italy, built in the year 30 A.D.) and is internationally famous for the opera performances and shows given here. Afterwards, we had to see the house of Juliet (Casa di Giulietta), where it was a must (for me) to latch a lock and write on the wall. We had dinner on a nice terrace in a small square and then we found our way to the hotel on the fairytale like streets. Such a romantic city!
Andy.
Lovely outfits and pics!!And Italy has a lot of thing to show! :)
ReplyDeletethanks dear! Italy is simply amazing, it fascinated me :)
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