the rest of Rome

 

 

"fate brought us together our love keeps us a dream come true.... I love you"

All in all, Rome was great. A little too touristy, but it was Christmas. The weather was warm and the food was amazing! It's not a city I feel like I'd want or need to see again though. I envision my next Italian vacay taking place on the coast or wine tasting in Tuscany.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Vatican City

We actually didn't plan on being in Vatican City on Christmas Eve, we were just walking around and spotted it across the river and decided why not? It didn't look too far away. I'm really glad we walked over though, because it was a pretty cool experience. They had a bunch of different groups singing and hundreds of people were already lined up to get into St. Peter's Basilica for midnight mass. We also went back in the daytime to check out the Vatican Museum and of course see the Sistine Chapel, which was pretty impressive.

the Colosseum

I've never seen the movie Gladiator, but I was still really excited to visit the Colosseum. We decided to pay about 5 euro more to have a "guided tour" (really it was just a woman talking to us for 45 minutes, we didn't do a lot of walking around), and it was definitely worth it. Super informative. It's amazing to me how this place was built and how good of condition it's in considering how old it is. 

happy tuesday!

I am LOVING this song right now (and the band). It just makes me think of summer.... and dream of summer... enjoy! Happy Tuesday everyone!

Roma... from my iPhone

Yes, I got back from Rome about a month ago and I still haven't gotten around to putting up pictures. I don't have a good excuse. This weekend I spent hours going through all the pictures I've taken the last few months and I plan on sharing them soon :) Until then, these are a bunch that I snapped on my phone.

vatican city across the river

colosseum 

st. peter's basilica

delicious italian sandwiches

st. peter's basilica

my face upon entering the oldest gelateria in rome / the best gelato i've ever eaten

at the top of the spanish steps

We were there from the 24th to the 28th and stayed a great place just across the bridge from the Trastevere neighborhood, which was great because we were able to walk to all the main attractions and were surrounded by amazing (and cheap!) restaurants. Since we had to much time in Rome most of our days were pretty leisurely, and we spent a lot of time sitting outside at cafes soaking up the sunshine.