Rome 2008

A long delayed post. In the middle of processing the pictures, mainly due to more new photos and refuse to wait for more backlogs!

Will post up the pics first with text in the future :)
I stayed in Rome for 4D3N. The hostel was pretty convenient. Very central, close to the Termini Station. The attractions in Rome were pretty closed to each other, reachable by foot for most cases, depending on how thrifty you want to be.

I met some pretty cool room mates. Matt & Tamsin, 2 NZer on a 20week quest to travel Europe. Then there were 2 HKers who stayed for only 1 day. The fun about travelling alone is you get to meet others who are doing the same, or more or less. During dinner, I met 2 Brazilian girls who stayed for 2 days in another room.; during breakfast, a handful of Canadian nurses to be.

On to the trip, Rome was nice. Weather a tad too hot. Traffic a bit too horrendous. Drivers would not stop at the zebra crossing unless you dare to put out your foot. They look like they're travelling at 80km/h without the will to stop. But they would if you take the first move!

So, the 'standard' few places to go to in Rome are the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. That's where I went in the first day.

Colosseum

Roman Forum

St. Peter's Basilica

This was kinda cute. There was some children day happening near the Leonardo's Workshop (this term I learnt while playing Civ3). And the fire department was just out to give them a good time! There was a 2 storey high jump with air mattress below. There's this "how-to put out a flaming car" excercise.

While in search of a particular ice drink recommended by an Italian I met at Barcelona airport (who took the same plane and train with me to Rome), I passed by this place with many restaurants which look nice and cosy. Then there's this lone car just standing there...