Our first big must see was to go see the Pope at the Vatican, because it's the thing to do while in Rome. We were lucky to be able to see the Pope inargurate new priest to the church. We had planned the right day to go and we weren't the only ones there, about a thousand other onlookers were there to see the ceremony happening that day.
Rosaries from the Vatican
To make it easy to see everything in a short time and not have to walk everywhere, we did the hop on hop off red bus for €25, and it was worth it. I recommend it for those with a few days to visit any city. You can hit all the major sites in one day. Just saves you a lot of time in the end.
Rome's City Square
The Colosseum is amazing to see in person. Not so much on the outside during the time that we visited because of the scaffolding all around it, but going inside to see were the Roman gladiators once battled each other. You can buy your tickets online before you go in order to not wait in line and the Red hop on, hop off bus will drop you right at it's doorsteps. How convenient is that!
The Trevi Fountain was probably my favorite landmark to see in Rome. It just sits in the middle of the city surrounded by apartments, restraurants, and stores. It's funny to see how the city has just grown around this beautiful structure.
Throwing our pennies into the fountain to wish for a return trip to Rome.
Those girls look like they belong on the streets of Rome!
Seeing we were in Rome for a whole week, we had time for a day trip to Naples. I wanted to get a Naples pizza like Julia Roberts did in "Eat, Pray, Love" and see if it was as good as she made it out to be. Mmmm, let's just say I had better pizza in Rome. Nothing seemed to be working out in the food department for me over here in Italy.
I'll have to say that Naples is beautiful though. Next time I'd stay a few nights in this liitle town. It's only an hour away from Rome and pretty easy to get too. The seafood is amazing here and you can pretty much get any kind of seafood pasta that you want. Nothing better then looking out onto the clear water with a glass of vino.
As a side trip from Naples, Carla talked us into seeing Pompeii located about an hour away. We had hired our own private taxi driver to drive us around Naples, so he gladly drove us out to see this amazing village that was destroyed by a volcano eruption and covered in ash in 1500 BC. We had two hours to see this city that would really take you days to walk through.
As we prepared to leave Rome after an amazing week, we decided to make a farewell dinner for some friends we had met in our "women's only" hostel. (Carla loves to says it was a lesbian hostel, but I don't think they were all lesbians really) So we went out to buy some fine Italian ingrediates to make some pasta alfredo and a salad with fresh green olives, and a side of Italian bread. Nothing better then to cook for your new friends. Of course we had a few bottles of vino to enjoy with each other, your in Italy after all.
Our last night in Rome with great new friends!
Oh how I fell in love with Rome....except for the pasta! Maybe we just didn't find the right cafe or chief to cook us the perfect pasta dish. How disappointed we were. The only thing I found that I loved in Rome was the pizza and the vino! I think I drank my way through Italy holding a bottle of red wine at my side. I'm sure that's how the Italians do it. I know it is!
So in the end just make pasta and not war, but make your own at your hostel and skip the cafés here in Rome. Very disappointing!
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