Rome

Rome, or Roma as the Italians call it here, seems to be sustained entirely on tourism. I’m guessing 60% of the people here are tourists, and a lot of them seem to be Americans.

We had a great time here in Rome. The weather was near to perfect, except for the sudden downpour in the afternoon on Monday, following by 15 minutes of hail. The bad weather only lasted for an hour, and it was back to sunshine and blue skies for the rest of the day.

The food is good, as you would expect it here in Italy, with mouth watering pizza and pasta. Although the one thing to note is that the bread that they bring out with every meal are not complimentary, and have costed us about 2 Euro to 4 Euro per meal each. The bread is often stale. We are going to try to say no to these “un-complimentary” breads for the rest of our time in Italy.

The highlights of our time in Rome are the Colosseo and Vatican City. Foro Romano is also worth a visit, if you got the time. Highly recommend a guided tour to go through these places, as I believe we need to understand the meaning/reason before the buildings, structures and artworks to fully appreciate them.

We were approached by a young 20-ish blonde American girl who asked if we are interested to go on a guided tour through the Colosseo. We were a little hesitant at first because it seems a little dodgy, but as it costed only 10 Euro for the tour plus a complimentary tour in Foro Romano, we decided to give it a go. Because it was culture week, entry to the Colosseo was free.

It turned out to be the best impulsive decision. We were guided through the Colosseo and Foro Romano by professional licence guides. We were so happy with them that, the next day, we went on another guided tour at the Vatican City with the same tour operator.

Colosseo


On the hop-on-hop-off bus.



Fontana Di Trevi


Vatican



Pantheon