Rome Travel Blogs - Page 3

I was on a three-month backpacking trip through Europe and I was scheduled to fly out of Rome. I had met up with several friends new and old during my trip but at this point in the summer I was traveling solo. Unfortunately I had slightly misjudged my budget/blown all my dough on museums, ballets, …

Geared up for the final match, Eric and I wanted to watch the game on a big piazza with thousands of people. We were told that Piazza del Popolo would be packed, so we headed there, only to find that there was no screen, and about 4 people waving flags. In a state of panic, we asked some police whe…

Having stayed an extra night in Naples has screwed us up a bit. We need to get moving. We have a lot of things to do in Rome. The first train leaves really early. We are determined to be on it. We wake up early, pack up and check out and run to the train station. TO ONCE AGAIN SEE THE TRAIN LEAVING…

Italy 2006

Today we leave Rome and go to Napoli. For me it's the first time in Napoli, so I am super excited. Adding to this is a bus being 1.5 hours late (major traffic jam on the highway) and a collague/boss being whiney about visiting the Vesuvius...aaargh, the man never participated in any planning or wha…

This was the last day of a 3 1/2 week trip that included Cairo, Luxor, Agra, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome. We squeezed in one extra unplanned day in Rome at the end of the trip because we hadn't yet had time to see the Colosseum and it was my birthday. We were having a difficult time finding a h…

It was also a sunny day.  I felt my legs and feet all got better, so of course, I started my day by walking to Foro Romano and Colosseo. But first I wanted to have breakfast. The bar in front of the hotel was ok, but I wanted to eat something different, so I went to the area of Termini st…

We arrived on a very hot april day in Rome, tired and most definitely sleepy, after spending a brutal sleepless night in Marseilles airport the night before. The airport in Rome was packed and it took us forever to find our way to the small ticket booth for our coach that will take us to the c…

They say that all roads lead to Rome, well in my case the rail roads. The journey up to Rome was stunning, it took me a little over 3 hours to get here by train.  Trough the country side of umbrie and lazio. it was a pleasant journey with amazing views allong the way. The problems that's come …

Arriving late in Rome, I went straight to the hostel (located 5 minutes from the Colosseum). This was my first hostel of the trip and I didn't know what to expect. After getting confused again with addresses, thinking they had even numbers on one side and uneven numbers on the other side of the str…

Couple of days in Rome

Rome is a beautiful city with sooooo much to do and explore. I was there for just over two weeks. I lived in two apartments, both deep in the city. I'm not a city person but it was great for pictures!

It was only hours away from my 21st birthday and I was stuck in Rome Ciapino for the night...with no open bar! I passed an hour or so by reading more of Eat Pray Love (amazing book-ironically I was on the part where she lives in Rome) until I was kicked out of the dining area. Sad about the id…

After spending 4 hours in Heathrow Airport, and being disconnected from the rest of our family, we finally arrived in Rome. We took the train from the airport to our apartment. This was my first time in a Non English-Speaking country (I'd previously been to the UK in 2000). My first memories of Rom…

After landing in Vienna and spending a great week together my parents and I headed to Italy via a quick stop in Bratislava.   In Rome we managed to see all the major sites including: Colosseum, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Roman Forum, Palatine, Vatican City. We saw t…