Roma

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Day 1

Arrived in Rome on schedule at 2pm on Tuesday the 10th. The flight was as good as anticipated with all the trimmings of business class although Chris didn't wear the provided pyjamas. Must have been the Bollinger that helped her sleep better than me! Food was great and the beds fantastic. We think business class might be an ongoing option in future.

Because we were fresh we were off as soon as we had checked in and showered. Aimed for the Trevi fountain on foot after first checking out the local area for dining options and supermarkets. Did quite well until the sky opened up with a massive thunderstorm. Back for coats.

3 hours of walking was enough as the flight started to catch up. Loved what we had seen so far and 4 days may not be enough. Dinner was pizza and pasta and too much wine. Early night.

Day 2

Early start for the colosseum tour and we had to buy our 3 day transport passes. Excellent value so we jumped on the metro. Beautiful morning clear blue sky although it was starting to warm up. It would become very hot before the storm returned around 8pm as we headed for dinner. It bucketed down so we had to linger and have a few more wines.

Touring meantime was great with the colosseum forum and Palatine Hill organized tour excellent. After lunch we checked out the Jewish ghetto, the pantheon, and piazza novone. We also got to try the tram system.

After dinner we headed to piazza popolo where we had to meet our bus early tomorrow for Pompeii. Given the early start we needed to be sure that

We knew the way. Great day all around. 5.30 rise and all went well and I am catching up on the administration by typing this on the bus. More tomorrow.

Chris and Ian

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Photos

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Love the architecture

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Very convincing ......

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Detail at the Pantheon

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Chris inside Basilica Sainta Maria

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Looking across old Rome from the Coloseum

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Senate House in the Forum

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Old house on Palatine Hill

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Monument to Victor Emmanuele

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No expense spared .......

Comments

[denise]

Trip Looks Good
Hi, Guys, Trip looks very good. Loved your photos. Keen to hear what you thought of Pompeii. Love Den.

[John Edwards]

Rome looks terrific!!
Chris and Ian, Great to hear you had a relaxing flight across, usually my flights are spent watching films until I can get off and get some rest!! Rome looks just as good as in 2010 - in fact I daresay much of it hasn't changed since Roman times. Peter and I both loved Rome and we must see about a return visit. Enjoy your wine and pasta!! John

[stephen new]

Flight
But did you have a shower.........

[Peter Edwards]

Rome Day's 1 & 2
Compared the photos and ticked off all the places we explored. So far we visited all the places you photographed. Rome is a fascinating place and the restaurants! - well one could spend most of the time dining. Cheers Pete

[Elisa]

Sounds like you're doing it tough!
Pizza, wine, business class, wine, touring, bollinger... extreme jealously from the other side of the world! :P Great to hear the trip's going well though and keep the photos coming they look great.

[Amanda]

Italia
Looks great... you both look relaxed! Enjoy

[Pamela Mathers]

Very jealous
Great adventure