Rome! Gellato and walking tours

Rome! The eternal city! As this is Chad's third time in Rome, he took on a bit of a tour guide role for the 5 days in Rome. Our time in Rome was Split between seeing all of the sites, and trying to plan for the next couple of weeks of our trip and catching up with the computer stuff we constantly add to the daily life of our travels. Ewa thinks its time to buy a small laptop so that this can be done from the Comfort of where-ever.

Trevi Fountain

Palatine hill -

We saw all the major sights, the Colloseum, Palatine Hill, Imperial Forum, Spanish Steps, Pantheon, Piazza Navone, Trevi fountain, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican... so many things to see. What we didnt see was the Pope, he might be at his summer residence, but he normally gives mass every Wednesday and Sunday, so one can go to the Vatican along with thousands of pilgrims to hear him speak. Along with many other fountains, piazza's (town squares) churches, and Roman ruins. The city has thousands of years of history, and we would do a pretty poor job to describe the history or the meaning of all of the things we saw. Rome is definitly a city that a person needs to see in their lifetime if they get the chance. Be warned it's hot and super crowded in the summer. +39 deg C here today!

The Spanish Steps

The Italian people have taken a bit of getting used to, as many of them can be a tad on the rude side, but I imagine that I would maybe be as well if millions of aimless tourists were always all over my homeland. However, all of the people that we have met in the smaller areas are quite nice.

The Pantheon in Rome!

One of Bernini's sculptures in a church off of the Spanish steps.

The food is good, most of the time, but there are a lot of shops that are over priced and poor quality. Also, most places have the exact same menu, or at least the ones we went to did. BUT, we have stuck out the traditional Italian food, and didn't try too hard to search out our more eastern inspired tastebuds (except one night we went for Chinese!). We've nearly had our fill of pasta, and we are off to our self imposed exile to the Isla D'Elba where Napoleon was sent as a punishment (sucks to be him) for a week of sun, rest and relaxation! Travelling is hard you know!

Rome! Gellato and walking tours

Rome, Italy