Arrivederci Roma!

Ann has wanted to go to Rome for a long time and since we weren't going away with the Triumphs at Easter it seemed like a good opportunity. So Wednesday to Wednesday, straddling the Easter weekend and we arrived back home exactly one week ago today.


Travel was by train to Heathrow, British Airways to Rome Fiumicino and we got the hotel to organise a car to meet us. Then a week of doing touristy things. I took just over 300 pictures; here's just a very small selection:


First stop was the Colosseum, but everyone's seen pictures of that, so we shan't bother with a picture of that.

This one is a memorial to King Vittorio Emanuele II, the first King of a unified Italy.  It is said that the best views of Rome are from the very top of it as this is the only place it can't be seen! 

And this is the Trevi Fountain. For some reason, I thought it would be huge spurts of water gushing up into the air.  Hoards of people chucking coins into the fountain and apparently, they employ security guards at night to stop people from pinching the money!


Below we have a couple of shots of the Forum.  It'll be nice when it's finished.

And then off around the Piazza Spagna and the Spanish Steps. If you like "people watching", this is the place to go! While wandering around, we came across a Church and in need of a rest, took a look inside. Fantastic artwork!

Easter Monday was an excuse to get out of town and so we took the train to Anzio. Most of Rome had the same idea, so it seemed as every restaurant was full to bursting.  The train journey took around an hour each way and the fare was 3 Euros each way. Anzio is, of course, the location of the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1944.

And then, we had do take in the Vatican Museums.  You have to do it once in your lifetime, even though the crowds are unbearable!

St Peter's Piazza

Sistine Chapel
ARRIVEDERCI ROMA!