Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 | Views [244]
Last day in Rome today, have thoroughly enjoyed rome as a whole. We went up the Villa de Borghese (spelling?). Its a cool park area north of the heart of rome. Supposedly its the Renaissance area. The park was cool, and it was a nice walk, but all the ... Read more >
Wednesday, 20 Jan 2010 | Views [304] | Comments [1]
Had a bit of a late start today, mainly due to the pub crawl. But we had been told that the Castle of St Angelo was pretty impressive, so we caught the metro over there and had a browse. The museum was actually pretty crap (but after the British Museum ... Read more >
Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010 | Views [239]
Headed over to the Vatican today. Sadly old Ratsinger wasnt in, so we couldnt say hi. St Peter's Bassilica and the Piazza are pretty impressive, and the bassilica itself is like a palace inside...oath of poverty? must not apply within vatican walls.... Read more >
Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Views [232]
actually had some quality sleep last night. woke up to a free cappucino and a croissant, gotta love this hostel. we headed over the ancient part of the city today. did the guided tour with our sleezy tourguide roberto, haha, he was a classic. the tour ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Jan 2010 | Views [305]
We arrived in Rome at about 11am, but despite being on a "sleeper" train, we had very little sleep. We made it to our hostel by about 1pm, its pretty cool, more like a hotel than a hostel. probably a good thing to have some peace and quiet ... Read more >
