Rome..now this is a big one. You would think a city with less than 3 million wouldnt feel that overwhelming, but it does because there is sooo much to see. Rome needs at the minimum 4 full days. Its really hard to compare Rome to any other city in Europe. Thats what makes it soo special. Its crazy to think too that Vatican City is its own lil country of 800 people right in the middle of it all. Vatican City needs an entire day itself. We arrived there at 9am on Friday morn..and still had to wait in line for the Vatican Museum for 2.5 hours. Luckily Maria taught me a spanish lesson to waste time. It is worth the wait though to see Raphael's Transfiguration, and to see the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel, which depicts the story of creation, was amazing. That lil Michelangelo was quite the talent. There was a ton of stuff inside the museum I didn't get to see. I suppose this gives me reason to go back :). After the Museum we went into St. Peter's Basilica, the biggest church in the world. St Peter's holds La Pieta, the sculpture of Mary offering up Jesus. It also has the statue of St. Peter that everyone goes and rubs the foot of...for good luck I think. The pic at the very top of the page is me in Vatican City right outside the church. After seeing Vatican City we headed to the Pantheon, the second pic up from the bottom. It was under construction, so unfortunately my pic isn't that good. The interesting this about this building is that the ceiling has a huge hole in the center...so when it rains the water has to drain out from inside the building. Later on that night we went on the Spanish Steps Crawl. This 6th pic is of us on the steps. Saturday was quite the busy day as well. We started off this day at the Colosseum, my favorite thing in Rome. This thing was massive and seriously so cool. Pic is the 5th picture down. We did a tour of the inside and outside then headed over to Palentine Hill, 4th pic down, for the rest of the tour. This tour ended at the remains of the Forum, which is the 3rd pic down. This spot overlooking the Forum is an excellent view of the city as well. After having a full day of site seeing we were really tired and decided to have a chill night so we went to the Trevi Fountain, my 2nd fav thing in Rome, to make our wishes and throw our coins in. The very bottom pic shows half the fountain..it is huge. I made 2 wishes and I really hope they both come true. On Sunday we had a pretty chill day. We walked around, listened to street musicians, which by the way are amazing and one of my fav parts of Europe, and went shopping at a flea market we found. We also made it our goal to find the famous gelato place with over 100 different flavors. Think of how hard that is to choose. Around 7 that night we said bye to Rome and its 70 degree weather and boarded a 14 hour train back to Austria. When we woke up in the morning it was definitely snowing in Austria. Yep, thats Austria for you.
Rome..now this is a big one. You would think a city with less than 3 million wouldnt feel that overwhelming, but it does because there is sooo much to see. Rome needs at the minimum 4 full days. Its really hard to compare Rome to any other city in Europe. Thats what makes it soo special. Its crazy to think too that Vatican City is its own lil country of 800 people right in the middle of it all. Vatican City needs an entire day itself. We arrived there at 9am on Friday morn..and still had to wait in line for the Vatican Museum for 2.5 hours. Luckily Maria taught me a spanish lesson to waste time. It is worth the wait though to see Raphael's Transfiguration, and to see the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel, which depicts the story of creation, was amazing. That lil Michelangelo was quite the talent. There was a ton of stuff inside the museum I didn't get to see. I suppose this gives me reason to go back :). After the Museum we went into St. Peter's Basilica, the biggest church in the world. St Peter's holds La Pieta, the sculpture of Mary offering up Jesus. It also has the statue of St. Peter that everyone goes and rubs the foot of...for good luck I think. The pic at the very top of the page is me in Vatican City right outside the church. After seeing Vatican City we headed to the Pantheon, the second pic up from the bottom. It was under construction, so unfortunately my pic isn't that good. The interesting this about this building is that the ceiling has a huge hole in the center...so when it rains the water has to drain out from inside the building. Later on that night we went on the Spanish Steps Crawl. This 6th pic is of us on the steps. Saturday was quite the busy day as well. We started off this day at the Colosseum, my favorite thing in Rome. This thing was massive and seriously so cool. Pic is the 5th picture down. We did a tour of the inside and outside then headed over to Palentine Hill, 4th pic down, for the rest of the tour. This tour ended at the remains of the Forum, which is the 3rd pic down. This spot overlooking the Forum is an excellent view of the city as well. After having a full day of site seeing we were really tired and decided to have a chill night so we went to the Trevi Fountain, my 2nd fav thing in Rome, to make our wishes and throw our coins in. The very bottom pic shows half the fountain..it is huge. I made 2 wishes and I really hope they both come true. On Sunday we had a pretty chill day. We walked around, listened to street musicians, which by the way are amazing and one of my fav parts of Europe, and went shopping at a flea market we found. We also made it our goal to find the famous gelato place with over 100 different flavors. Think of how hard that is to choose. Around 7 that night we said bye to Rome and its 70 degree weather and boarded a 14 hour train back to Austria. When we woke up in the morning it was definitely snowing in Austria. Yep, thats Austria for you.
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