"Paseando por Roma" Rome by marielexoteria

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The Colosseum - Rome
The Colosseum

My trip to Rome was sort of a last minute trip and an early birthday present. It is *insane* the amount of information on VT as well as the Internet for a place like this one! I had a general agenda planned for the almost 3-day trip but it got cut short due to delays because of thick fog at CDG. Still, I made the most of the time I had, and apparently my wish was heard because we were lucky enough to have blue skies, sun and warm weather (in comparison to Sweden).

I would like to take the opportunity to thank:

- abarbieri
- leics
- effeti
- monorailgold
(more names will be shown as I remember)

for their input, patience and help in putting together this trip. If you have helped me out and I forgot to write your name here, you're welcome to send me an e-mail and tell me.

My "theme" for this trip was, in a way, Christian & Historic Rome. The first day was spent at St. Peter's Basilica and walking around the Vatican City all the way to Piazza del Risorgimento (but I don't think that's part of the Vatican). The second day, we walked around Historic Rome and came back to St. Peter's for a visit to the dome (we didn't have time the day before) and to see it from inside (and "above").

As always, the pictures on this page are taken by me unless otherwise specified. Some of them are in black and white because I thought it gave more character to the motif.

Two pointers for those planning a trip to Rome

Because there's a LOT of info about Rome, I think it's important to be critical about certain aspects of traveling. The one thing I have read about the most is that drivers won't stop for nobody. That's partly true. Some daredevils didn't stop for us even when they had a red light and we had a green light, some didn't stop when we were going across the street on a zebra crossing but we experienced that most of the car/bus/tram drivers did stop.

Restaurants are a bit of a hit and a miss. It would probably take weeks to read all the tips here, in Trip Advisor and several other websites. I'm usually keen of having some places to choose from but on this trip, I only looked for meat places (a tradition hubby and I have) and left the rest to chance, which could either work on your favor or against you.

  • Last visit to Rome: Dec 2008
  • Intro Updated Dec 23, 2008
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    mindcrime's Profile Photo
    Feb 8, 2010 at 1:17 AM

    we visited Rome for New Years Eve, lovely city with so many things to do/see. great page here!

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    hunterV's Profile Photo
    Nov 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    Mariel , you had a wonderful trip, I must say... Thanks for sharing here! ><><><

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    gilabrand's Profile Photo
    Oct 23, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    I see I will have to go back and see stuff I missed.

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    hopang's Profile Photo
    Aug 11, 2009 at 5:37 AM

    Wonderful Rome page with amazing photograph of the Colosseum. Bring back fond memories of our trip to that city several years ago. The view from the Dome of St. Peter's over the city of Rome is truly amazing! ~ho & pang

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    monica71's Profile Photo
    Feb 19, 2009 at 8:33 AM

    very nice page and good tips!

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    csordila's Profile Photo
    Dec 23, 2008 at 7:36 AM

    I am waiting for the "coming ups"! Best. L. Congratulations, this was a good work and great entertainment.

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    cachaseiro's Profile Photo
    Dec 21, 2008 at 5:14 AM

    nicew tips mariel. especially the one about getting to the mass for free :O)

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