Lazio Vacations, Lazio Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

It's 6am and I've been up for about an hour and a half whiling away my last few moments in Rome. The distinct smell of baby spit is permeating something.. I can't figure out if it's my hair or my sweater. Spending 2 days away from sometimes screaming, sometimes smiling and always charming Asia really broke my heart for some reason. I missed her so much while I was away and I am sad to know that I probably won't see her for at least another year and a half. By then, she'll be an entirely diffe...

Next we actually had set some goals for our walk around Rome, just to make sure that we didn’t miss one of the mayor sites in Rome; The Trevi Fountain. The fountain at the juncture of three roads (tre vie) marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. We walked to the Metro after a late breakfast and decided to get off already at the second station towards the city centre; Piramide. The t...

Two J Club members meet in Italy!   J4 and J5 maybe????????? The idea for this trip was conceived a few months ago while chatting with Jennifer(Jenn79) about our travels.  She had suggested meeting up somewhere but the timing just was not right yet.  Jennifer had told me that she was going to Rome in April and asked if I wanted to go.   Well of course I would!  I kept an eye out on the flights and it continued to look good for me to get to Rome, so I b...

  TREVI FOUNTAIN   I was blessed to start my birthday in a 12th century castle in Tuscany (see my Florence, Siena, Montalcino blog)  and end it on the renowned Via Veneto in Rome (July 27, hence my handle, travelman727).    One of my day’s favorite moments was seeing Trevi Fountain.    The first fountain at the site was built in 1453 by Pope Nikolas V, financed from wine taxes. In 1732, Clemens XII ordered the current fountain to be built and...