On Friday evening my friend Linsey (who features on the blog
regularly) and I went on a long weekend to Rome. I've never been to the city
before or Italy, so couldn't wait to get to warmer climates, even it was only
for a couple of days.
The city didn't disappoint and we packed a lot in over a
couple of days. We started off the Italian way by having pizza and gelato on
Friday night. Our hotel we stayed at had a bar on the roof terrace and we even
got free drinks from the barman!
Saturday was our main sight-seeing day, and we went on one
of those hop on hop off tour buses, which was a great way to see the city and
get our bearings. We saw from a distance the colosseum but quite a
bit of it was covered up with scaffolding.
The main area we had a look around was Vatican city; we walked
the 500 steps of St Peter's Basilica and we at the
top we saw great views all around. The Sistine chapel was amazing, really hard
to believe that it was painted in 4 years!
On Sunday we took it easy and just browsed the shops which
we found while lost on Saturday afternoon. In fact getting lost was a bit of a
theme, but the great thing about getting lost is you get to see more of the
city.
I’ll be doing a few more posts on Rome as it covers quite a
few things on the 29 challenge. But I highly recommend visiting. It’s a great
city to explore and it’s made me want to go back to Italy and see the different
cities.
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