Rome & Cinque Terre

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After arriving at Termini station, we hopped in a taxi that took us around some narrow streets and finally dropped us off at our apartment. We stayed in a region called Trastavere. There was so many restaurants around, it reminded me more of Lygon St, just on a bigger scale. The first major thing we saw was Vatican City as part of a tour. Not knowing much about art, it certainly helped having an explanation of some of those famous paintings and sculptures. The Sistine Chapel was impressive and I can see why Leonardo Da Vinci was so annoyed when he realised the task that lay ahead.

The next day we went on another tour. This time to the Roman Forum and the Colloseum. It was about 35 degrees so it was tough going out in the sun all day but it was worth it. The Colloseum provided us with some shade and a chance to take in some amazing history.

Oh yeah, we saw some other stuff too... The Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain. There was famous stuff everywhere. They even had an ancient ruin occupied by 300 stray cats. Not many cities can boast they have one of those..

It was good to see Rome but it was also some relief getting away from the big smoke and up to La Spezia where the Italian coast and little village towns awaited us. Unfortunately, the time and weather weren't on our side as it rained a bit and we only had three hours of daylight to see the Cinque Terra. We saw some great views and wished we could spend a bit more time there.

We packed our bags again and almost missed our train to Nice. Our adventures in Italy had had come to an end. By this stage, we were pretty sick of pizzas, pastas and paninis anyway, so was glad to see what France had to offer..

This blog was written by Adrian except for the part about food which was by me.

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Photos

Nice evening setting
Over the bridge near Trestevere

Trastevere
Streets where we were staying in Rome

St Peters
You probably can't see the sweat we were drenched in that day

Trevi Fountain
Nice ice cream nearby

Sistine Chapel
Ceiling, the one we weren't supposed to take a photo of.... oops..

Forum
Or at least part of it

That place...
This probably doesn't need an explanation

Cinque Terre
This could be Monterosso... i think.

Cinque Terre
Corniglia

Cinque Terre
Corniglia again

Comments

[Audrey]

:-P
love it! so jealous etc etc :-D also love the fact that u felt the need to put a disclaimer at the end that the entry had been authored by adrian, hee

[Stu]

The place with the cats
The place with the cats - was that Torre Argentina? They have a cat sanctuary that runs under the street and let that cats wander through the ruins - is that the place?