Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Rome - Day 3. Vatican city plus more walking...

Our third day was spent looking around Rome in the morning taking a look at the Spanish steps and some other neighbourhoods and in the afternoon we visited the Vatican city. There were many other people that also decided to visit the Vatican city and it's museums making it a very busy afternoon.
We finished up visiting Saint Peters Basilica.

Sunday, 29 April 2012

Rome - day 2 - how much walking and food can one manage in 24 hours?

We began the day at 9:30 by meeting our morning walking tour at the Colosseum. We then spent three hours walking all over Rome looking at both Ancient and Old Roma. We then had lunch and the afternoon was spent doing a hidden Roma walking tour followed by pizza for dinner. What a long enjoyable day and our feet hate us.

Roma, Italy - day one

Well we made the trip south to Roma. The train was a very fast Frecciarossa with speeds of up to 360 Km/h. It was a very warm afternoon and we are very happy with our hotel choice. We walked around Roma after dinner to burn some of it off :-)

Saturday, 28 April 2012

Our final stop was Pisa...

Something about a leaning tower... It was pretty amazing, much more amazing than I thought it would be...

Next stop San Gimignano...

We made a visit to this small town and experienced the local gelato yum...

Nicknamed the medieval Manhattan because of all the towers.

Our Tuscan lunch in Chianti region...

We had a lovely lunch amongst the most amazing views on a working organic farm...

Our visit to Siena...

Here are some photos of our time in Sienna, Italy