Roman Holiday

We’re back! And what a vacation! We were in Italy a total of 10days. And France for 6days or should i say 5 1/2    

FIRST STOP ROMA:   We left Haifa on a wednesday around 12am, arrived at Ben Gurion Intl airport an hr and a half later and checked in around 3am. Our flight via ELAL (it was the cheapest we could get) was 6am. We arrived in Rome a little past 9am. From the Leonardo da Vinci airport, we rode the train to Termini (center of Rome). But upon leaving the terminal you wouldn’t believe that you’re actually in rome. Coz while looking for our hotel we passed by door after door of chinese traders! as in! We were laughing our heads off while walking, nasa China yata kami, wala sa Italy! 

Our hotel:  Ariston              Via Filippo Turati 16, Rome   

4 star hotel, free wifi, 5mins walk from termini (w/c took us 15 coz we went the wrong way hehe) and continental breakfast! yummy!! We were actually quite exhausted from the travel from Israel. I swear i wouldn’t get another early morning flight like that! we’ve been up since the day before kasi. And poor iya. imagine sleeping peacefully then i had to wake her up at midnight. She was able to sleep sa plane pero siguro 2hrs lang then she was awake ulit upon arriving in Rome and hanggang gabi na yun. Well anyway after settling our stuff in the hotel we went out to have lunch and familiarized ourselves with the termini. Went back to the hotel to rest. Later in the evening we met my hubby’s aunt working there in rome and we all had dinner at this nice restaurant. Hubby and aunt had vino. R and I had… soda! lol! 

The ff day we rode the 110 open trambus. I think it was about 16euro. It was a 2hr tour around rome. Passing by major tourist sites. It was a hop on and off bus. (but you can use the bus for 24hrs) What we did was stay on the bus the whole trip and take everything in. Then when the bus went back to the terminal we hopped on another one and this time we got off near the fontana de trevi w/c was packed with tourists ofcourse!

Went to Vittorio Emmanuel monument (gigantic horses galore!)

and walked to the colloseo in the evening. I like the colloseo better in the evening with the lights on than seeing it during the day. Parang w/o the lights, it’s just one of those massive structures surrounding rome. hehe The rest of the days were spent going to: 

the Vatican (but ofcourse!) 

St. Peter’s Basilica  

Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum   

Piazza Navona 

St. Jerome

Spanish Steps

The Pantheonf

eel sleepy..sorry… later…..