671. Day 19 of 28 | Rome and Vatican City

Early the next morning, we took a train from Monterosso to La Spezia to Rome. The last time I've been in Rome was only about 2 years ago so the city still felt pretty familiar to me. We were only in Rome for one night, mainly coming since it was the most convenient way to go to Greece afterwards. We just walked around the city, had lunch, visited Vatican City, then met up with my boyfriend's friend for dinner and then the Lazio soccer/football game (as he kindly got us tickets). It was my first time ever going to a game.






Delicious watermelon granita..I had two of them!








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502. Rome | Snapshots Part 3

First of all...what do you think of my new logo?? I can't believe (after 8 years of blogging) I finally have one made. I actually got two different ones made because I couldn't choose between the two concepts. I will probably alternate between them each month or so. I won't reveal the other one until then. I love hot air balloons, even though I've unfortunately never had the chance to go on one yet. However it is very high on my bucket list. So I wanted to incorporate that in some way, and also to illustrate the idea of travel. This image and font were hand-drawn and custom made by the designer..I love it a lot!!

Here are some more random images from my trip to Rome.


Inside Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi











My impulse purchase (the monogram shawl in navy blue) which I posted about in another post


I love the Trevi Fountain. I mentioned this before that it's one of my favourite attractions in Rome..I just find the blue shade of the water so beautiful against the white marble sculptures. It's also ridiculously crowded there ALL THE TIME..and takes a lot of patience to be able to walk close enough to get a good shot.




These street painters were pretty entertaining to watch. Here is a short video I took of one. I really liked the music they were playing too so I stood there quite a while to watch..



Back at my hotel for the night with some treats from their restaurant.

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488. Rome | Snapshots Part 1

Here are some photos taken when I was in Rome. I was looking on my map of Rome to get all the names right for this post..and realized just how little of the city I've seen. Like I probably saw less than 10% of all the sights during my days there. That was my second time in Rome actually. The first time I went when I was 17 years old...& when I went again last week, I realized I have almost no recollection of anything from my first visit. I only vaguely remembered the area around the Pantheon, and pretty vividly remembered the gelato shop I went to during my first visit lol. Even the area around the Colosseum was different from what I remembered. I enjoyed the city more this time but I hope to be back again in the near future, to stay longer and visit more places.


Some welcome treats and champagne from my hotel

Walking out to explore for the first time. This is how close my hotel was to the Colosseum! My posts are really out of order. I first visited the Roman Forum. I don't have photos of that for this post, but I will post about it next time.














Really love that light blue building.


This is the gelato shop I remembered going to during my first time in Rome. Then I took a photo in front of the Pantheon with one of those (fake) gladiators.

I had to be pretty patient taking this photo..waiting for those rare seconds where there were no cars or people in the way of a good shot (well, as little as possible). That was one major difference between Capri and Rome. In Capri, the streets were always pretty quiet and people didn't stay out too late. So I was able to take a lot of nice people-free photos. In Rome, there's always tons of people everywhere so it was harder to take nice shots.

Settling in for the night with some champagne by myself. That was my first time opening a bottle of champagne and it took way more effort and way longer than it should've lol. At least now I know how to do it though.


Loved going to sleep with this view...

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