Hi everyone,
I am currently on a train from Rome to Venice and it is amazing, besides the tunnel we seem to be going through every 2 minutes that make my ears pop.
I arrived in Rome at 8 a.m. and took a train to the Termini station and then wandered for about three blocks to the hostel where my friend Andrew was waiting. From there we talked to our hostel owner who gave us a map and pointed out a route that would allow us to get the most out of Rome for the one day that we would be there.
View coming into Italy!!
First we walked about fifteen minutes and passed the Santa Maria Maggiore, which is a beautiful church. Then we headed for the Coliseum. We were starving so we stopped at a cute little café with the greatest view right in front of it; I got a ham and mozzarella sandwich, which was so yummy!
This is a poster of Gilad- an Israeli soldier who has been held by Hamas for a LONG time, it was cool to see the support of other countries!
From there we walked some more and passed the archeological park that has all kinds of ancient structures. We had a few more stops along the way and took some fun pictures and also stopped for some famous gelato, I got tiramisu flavor!
Fancy Pasta!
Then we went to the Vatican and saw the basilica and the chapel that Michaelangelo painted!
Saw about a hundred thousand ceilings painted like this... HOW DO THEY DO IT!?
Then we took a break and went back to the hostel and we met Phillip who was also staying at our hostel so we invited him to dinner with us. The three of us stopped at the Spanish steps, the Trevi fountain (which I did not throw money into, I can’t waste my Euros on that, things here are so expensive!), and a few other sites before we went to dinner. The place we went to dinner was authentic Italian food and our hostel owner said it was where the real Italians go to eat. It was like I died and went to heaven; it was the best meal I think I have ever had in my life. We ordered a bottle of wine and then I got a Caprese salad and spaghetti carbonara AND IT WAS UNREAL!!!!
We then walked back to the hostel and turned in for the night. Today we went to the train station and boarded our train, little did we know that we bought “no seat guaranteed” tickets, so after about 30 min we stopped and more people got on and we lost our seats to real ticket holders… I sat on the floor for a while and then I snatched an open seat… I guess paying 45 euros doesn’t even get you a chair…. Which I am quite annoyed with. Other than that little glitch the rest of the trip so far has been amazing ! I will keep you posted… just 4 more hours on this train…
THINK ABOUT IT! THANKS!
Stay tuned for my Venice post!
Arrivederci,
B
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