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Nov. 7th, 2012 08:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljWe've been in Rome for three days now, two full ones and an evening. Unpredented weather... sunny and warm since we've been here! We never get that! I managed to get ahead of some blisters but have discovered one more tonight. Never mind, i'll wrap it up tomorrow. We have been walking lots and seeing lots of the sights. We took a hop on hop off bus tour around yesterday to get the lay of the land and wandered the little streets around the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and Piazza Navonna, dodging the many many hawkers trying to sells you things, primarily "cashmere" scarves and wraps but many other things as well. the Colosseum was infested with them on the outside grounds in particular.
We had a tour of the Colosseum today including the underground section, or the part of it that's been made safe and you can only get to see it as part of a tour. The tour will also take you up to the third level of the structure but i had had enough of steep uneven staircases. Graham went up and took pics for both of us instead. We had a horrible lunch in a cafe next to the Colosseum. Should have known better but we were desperate for a sit down and a drink. We tried to get into the Forum but couldn't find the entrance, the main one being blocked off and i didn't fancy going into the one for the Palantine Hill to climb that sucker to get to the forum so sod that for a game of Roman Soldiers. We found a taxi and went home, completely done in.
So aside from that cafe and one other that was mediocre on our first night as we were too early looking for proper food, the rest of the food has been great. There are a couple of good places just down from the hotel which we're also happy with. Staff is helpful, the room we have, a superior double, is a good size with a king size memory foam mattress. Bathroom also a nice size with a tub and shower instead of a tiny corner unit like many have. Even the included breakfast isn't so bad, and includes scrambled eggs along with the usual rolls, pastries, cereal, yogurt, some fruit. The juices are pretty awful though.
Oh and the wifi in the hotel works pretty well too! yay!
So if you want to read more detail, there's some blogging for:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
No photos uploaded yet aside from the few that are attached to the blog posts.
We had a tour of the Colosseum today including the underground section, or the part of it that's been made safe and you can only get to see it as part of a tour. The tour will also take you up to the third level of the structure but i had had enough of steep uneven staircases. Graham went up and took pics for both of us instead. We had a horrible lunch in a cafe next to the Colosseum. Should have known better but we were desperate for a sit down and a drink. We tried to get into the Forum but couldn't find the entrance, the main one being blocked off and i didn't fancy going into the one for the Palantine Hill to climb that sucker to get to the forum so sod that for a game of Roman Soldiers. We found a taxi and went home, completely done in.
So aside from that cafe and one other that was mediocre on our first night as we were too early looking for proper food, the rest of the food has been great. There are a couple of good places just down from the hotel which we're also happy with. Staff is helpful, the room we have, a superior double, is a good size with a king size memory foam mattress. Bathroom also a nice size with a tub and shower instead of a tiny corner unit like many have. Even the included breakfast isn't so bad, and includes scrambled eggs along with the usual rolls, pastries, cereal, yogurt, some fruit. The juices are pretty awful though.
Oh and the wifi in the hotel works pretty well too! yay!
So if you want to read more detail, there's some blogging for:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
No photos uploaded yet aside from the few that are attached to the blog posts.
