Visited Rome this weekend, as it is only about 1 hour's flight from Nice. The trip went quite smoothly, until we had to get from the airport to our hotel. Of course we decided to save a little bit of money and use the famous (for all the wrong reasons) Roman public transport system. To cut a long story short, we ended up being driven from the train station to our hotel in an old banger driven by a half-blind geezer, and naturally ended up paying about the same price as we would've had we just taken the taxi directly from the airport.
The rest of the evening was equally interesting, our hotel reminded me of where I stayed in St. Petersburgh before it was called St. Petersburgh (that's right - from the communist era), and the neighbourhood and the "atmospheric local restaurant" (I'm being ironic here) where we had our dinner were in the same mold, so to speak. (OK, so I'm exaggerating the misery a bit here ;-)
Visiting Rome itself was pretty amazing, I guess you'd struggle to find a ciy with so many historic sites to visit. We saw most of the famous sights during a very energetic day spent walking, like the Spanish Stairs, Piazza Navona, Fontana di Trevi, the Colosseum, Roman Forum, etc., had some very nice meals and enjoyed some very nice weather.
The sunday was somewhat less energetic, although we did have time to take in the Villa Borghese museum and park, as well as Santa Maria Maggiore (which dates back to the 5th century).
The rest of the evening was equally interesting, our hotel reminded me of where I stayed in St. Petersburgh before it was called St. Petersburgh (that's right - from the communist era), and the neighbourhood and the "atmospheric local restaurant" (I'm being ironic here) where we had our dinner were in the same mold, so to speak. (OK, so I'm exaggerating the misery a bit here ;-)
Visiting Rome itself was pretty amazing, I guess you'd struggle to find a ciy with so many historic sites to visit. We saw most of the famous sights during a very energetic day spent walking, like the Spanish Stairs, Piazza Navona, Fontana di Trevi, the Colosseum, Roman Forum, etc., had some very nice meals and enjoyed some very nice weather.
The sunday was somewhat less energetic, although we did have time to take in the Villa Borghese museum and park, as well as Santa Maria Maggiore (which dates back to the 5th century).
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment