Blogs from Italy, Europe - page 1581

Begin with a walking tour to see the Piazza della Signoria, the Duomo and Santa Croce. Shop for leather and take in fabulous views from Piazzale Michelangelo. This evening, an opportunity to enjoy the colourful Florentine nightlife. Woke up this morning feeling great - not even tired as I usually am. Had breakfast at the campsite before heading into the city on the coach. Met our guide at Sante Croche, the church where Galileo and Michelangelo are burried. He showed us the street that Michelangelo grew up on, then walked us around the main square where Michelangelo's David originally stood and a replica now stands. Went into the cathedral at Piazza del Duomo and saw the massive fresco painted inside the dome. There was a 24 hour analogue clock which I thought was cool, which ... read more

We left Seattle today at 11:05am on a flight to Cincinnati and then on to Rome. We we're a bit worried about our connection in Cincinnati as the flight from Seattle was scheduled to arrive there only 20 minutes before the flight to Rome, and we had to get seat assignments at the gate in Cincinnati. Connections one of the joys of flying lol. In this case it worked out as the rest of the trip would, fantastic. We left Seattle on time and arrived in Cincinnati a little ahead. Hurrying to the gate we found it crowded. I went to the counter and gave our tickets to them. After some playing with his computer they handed me boarding passe. I almost passed out when i looked at them and saw seats 1A and 1B. On ... read more

Rome is very busy and crazy just crossing the road is fun the romans dont stop on the crossings and i hesitate too much so it takes me ages to cross. But Rome has been great and the people are very passionate and lively. Yesterday I most of the touristy places saw the Colosseum, Roman Forum, The Vittoriano, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, I just walked between each. Today I went to Trastevere a much quieter more local feeling place just walked around and saw another lovely Cathedral. I am staying near the Termini which is romes main train station which is well dodgy at night so I have been coming back to the hostel early and talking with the others staying here. Staying at this lovely hostel called the Beehive, the best one so far. The ... read more

I went back to St Peters today hoping to see the new Pope but didnt. The big ceremony for the new pope is on tomorrow morning preparations were happening and some people with sleeping bags gonna slept there i guess. Half a million people are expected to go, my god it was crowded enough for me today. Did some last minute souvenir shopping the souvenirs in rome are very cheesy so didnt get much and just had to sit and look at the Colosseum and Roman Forum one last time. I have had such a great trip!!! Gotta go and pack my smelly clothes into my backpack again.. Ciao.. ... read more

Today was a lot of fun, but my feet hurt so bad!! We got up this morning (no alarm) and headed toward the Uffizi - but the line was incredibly long. We walked around and at the Palazzo Vecchio and Loggia della Signora we saw the replica of the David, and there was a big square with lots of people. We walked to (and over) the Ponte Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti. We went and walked through the massive garden (Gardino di Boboli). It was pretty and had a lot of fountains and statues to look at. The sun was also out today, which was very nice :) I hope it stays for the rest of our trip! The garden was mostly uphill, so we did a lot of walking. Afterwards we passed by the Uffizi ... read more