Rome Travel Blogs

There are so many wonderful attractions to see in Rome that there is sure something for everyone.The eternal city is simply full of history with an enormous amount of spectacular ancient Roman monuments.   Pantheon - one of the best-preserved and loveliest buildings from the Ancient Worl…

  I had a very weird dream. Last night I was introduced to Ale's flatmate, whose room I had stayed in over the past days. So for my last night I had to share the room with him. I slept in a bunk bed, while he slept in a normal bed at the other side of the room. At night I dreamt he grabbed t…

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 real…

Today was a fun day. Well, it didn't quite start off that way. It was a pretty stressful day of classes but it was nice when the day was finally over. My roommate and I had made plans to go see an Italian film at the movies. We have both hopelessly fallen for Roma and have decided that we will live…

The days whizzed by much too fast and on the 19th October we flew back to Berlin in the morning. But I’ve taken the deep wish to come back to this wonderful and completely stunning city sometime again!!

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 s…

I got a message recently from Adrian (hancock826) asking me about a picture she had taken in Italy.  She had a great panoramic shot of the Colosseum and wanted my advice on how to get rid of a couple of white vans that rather detracted from the photo.  She is quite familiar with photoshop…

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 t…

  Rome - What a Birthday! Tuscany to Trevi   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). …

MOnday i recived a text message asking if i would like to have a transport to Frankfurt with work. I texted back telling i could, but only 15 min later i recieved a new sms asking if i'd prefer ROme with an overnight stay. Now how could i refuse such an offer:) I haven't been to Rome in years so o…

I woke up quite early on the second day as there was still quite a bit of Rome I wanted to see.  I knew we were going to the Colosseum again today and hopefully do some kind of tour, so I wanted to see some of the gardens.  I walked up the Villa Borghese as I'd read quite a bit about this…

Again, rising just before the sun, we scrambled to gather things so that we could get our free chocolate croissants and orange juice before we left this hostel with terribly uncomfortable beds. Hotel in Paris here I come! We got checked out on the way to the train station at, like, 6 in the mor…

English version can be found below!   Vandaag werden we wakker van het geluid van vallend water. Ik dacht eerst dat ik, nadat ik naar het toilet was geweest, een kraan niet goed had dichtgedraaid maar daarvoor kletterde het toch iets te hard en het bleek al gauw dat het behoorlijk regende. W…

Yes, I did wake up early, but today was different. I was going to the beach, yeah!  And the beach is the beach all over the world! Going to the beach in June is something not usual for me at all, hahaha.  It was Saturday, so Renato didn't have to work, yay! First, we went to a supermarke…

This morning I woke up and realized that Italy is stuck in the 80's.  Between the non-stop 'Party Music' infomercial with the dancing girl in leotards, and the MTV wake-up show playing all the 80's hits (Walk like an Egyptian), and the desk clerk with a mullet, I was feeling very retro.  …