Day 4 - Venice to Rome
On the 4th day, we traded in our 1500h departing tickets for 1030h departing tickets because Venice turned out to be fairly well covered the previous day and to me, the smells of Venice overwhelmed the sights of venice. Not to sound like a total complainer, but to quote some guy... I came, I saw, I conquered. We hop on a Eurostar Italia train to Rome and arrive just after 3pm.
Before I show Rome, here's a shot of the courtyard from our room in Venice.
After a little bit of wandering around, we find our resting place for the night - the Hostel Roma 2000 which was in a great location within about 5 minutes walking distance of the Roma Termini station. Right after we check in at a Hostel in Rome, just 50m down the street, we hit the Santa Maria Majorre church a delight in its majestic wonder.
And a short walk later, the Colloseum. I had always envisioned this thing differently. I can't really put my finger on it, but the thing is bigger than I expected. A shiny white roof that retracts and we got ourselves a football stadium.
I would hate to think that one of these days, some idiot is going to consider putting up a Costco here would be a good financial move and bulldoze all of this priceless antiquity to the ground.
At the time of the visit, I had absolutely no idea what this thing was. The Wiki later told me that this is the monument to the late great Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy. I think he was an important figure because the monument is absolutley huge.
By this time of day, hunger is serisouly starting to set in and even a McDonalds would have been good (someone slap me for saying that). But what better place in the world to get hungry in than Rome. So we set out on a quest to find something Roman to eat, and not looking like it catered to tourists. And then, completely by accident, I mean COMPLETELY by accident, we come across the Trevi Fountain. Just taking some back streets and gazing into trattorias, we find this gem. The Trevi Fountain was always meant to be a stop, but to just walk into the Piazza Trevi and see the thing in a completely unexpected manner is just a stroke of luck. I wish they sold Lotto 6/49 in Italy. Needless to say, I tossed in a coin. Ms. Hepburn would have been proud.
So this makes three major European capitals in four days. The ambitious itinerary is still on track, although the feet are starting to hurt in a kinda chronic way.
By the way, I've seen lots of hits being added to the hit counter, but no one is making themselves known. Leave a comment!!
Day 5 - The Vatican
Before I show Rome, here's a shot of the courtyard from our room in Venice.
After a little bit of wandering around, we find our resting place for the night - the Hostel Roma 2000 which was in a great location within about 5 minutes walking distance of the Roma Termini station. Right after we check in at a Hostel in Rome, just 50m down the street, we hit the Santa Maria Majorre church a delight in its majestic wonder.
And a short walk later, the Colloseum. I had always envisioned this thing differently. I can't really put my finger on it, but the thing is bigger than I expected. A shiny white roof that retracts and we got ourselves a football stadium.
I would hate to think that one of these days, some idiot is going to consider putting up a Costco here would be a good financial move and bulldoze all of this priceless antiquity to the ground.
At the time of the visit, I had absolutely no idea what this thing was. The Wiki later told me that this is the monument to the late great Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy. I think he was an important figure because the monument is absolutley huge.
By this time of day, hunger is serisouly starting to set in and even a McDonalds would have been good (someone slap me for saying that). But what better place in the world to get hungry in than Rome. So we set out on a quest to find something Roman to eat, and not looking like it catered to tourists. And then, completely by accident, I mean COMPLETELY by accident, we come across the Trevi Fountain. Just taking some back streets and gazing into trattorias, we find this gem. The Trevi Fountain was always meant to be a stop, but to just walk into the Piazza Trevi and see the thing in a completely unexpected manner is just a stroke of luck. I wish they sold Lotto 6/49 in Italy. Needless to say, I tossed in a coin. Ms. Hepburn would have been proud.
So this makes three major European capitals in four days. The ambitious itinerary is still on track, although the feet are starting to hurt in a kinda chronic way.
By the way, I've seen lots of hits being added to the hit counter, but no one is making themselves known. Leave a comment!!
Day 5 - The Vatican
posted by Wally at 2:45 p.m.
2 Comments:
You'd have stayed very near to where I did if the Santa Maria Majjore was just down the street.
I WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN! CONGRATS ON MAKING ME VERY VERY ENVIOUS. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A TRIP IN A WHOLE YEAR,BUT I have to say that these pics are gorgeous. I was in Italy 2 years ago so I am glad you are having a great time!
cheers!
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