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Italy – Day 7 – Rome, Florence
Last day of our Rome trip and Andy has to catch the return flight in early afternoon. After we checked out, we went to a restaurant recommended by the hotel – Pizzeria Le Caveau to stuff in as much food as possible. I agreed with him, “any food would be better than the plane food“,… »
Italy – Day 6 – Rome
How would one complete a trip in Rome without visiting the Vatican?
After a quick lunch near the hotel we were off to the smallest country in the world! It only took a short metro ride to get there. We were shocked by the number of people in the queue though! We figured it would… »
Italy – Day 5 – Rome
Full day of tennis action at the Tennis Masters Rome today. We packed our lunch and spent the whole day enjoying tennis under the sun. As compared to the first day, we were like on a different planet! Lucky that I didn’t buy any thick clothes this morning “just in case”. Matches that we… »
Italy – Day 4 – Rome
We had one of the best meals in our trip today! Lunch at the beautiful Caffe delle Arti at Villa Borghese under the sun. It was quite expensive but the food/service/environment was first class. After lunch, we hopped on to the same 910 bus that would take us to Foro Italico to watch our… »
Italy – Day 3 – Rome
Today is our first “sight-seeing” day and we’re so happy that the weather has finally turned well! We started with Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, which isn’t far from our hotel, and off to see the great wonders and major attractions in Rome – The Colosseo, Monte Palatino, Foro Romano, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona… »
Italy – Day 2 – Rome
Miserable day! When would the rain go away?! The weather forecast was so accurate!
We spent the whole day at Tennis Masters Rome but only watched one match on and off! The rain was very frustrating.
Although we saw Nadal and Simon in person (they passed by us) and sit very close to the players, we… »
Italy – Day 1 – Rome
There was a change in the KLM flight schedule thus our connecting flight from Amsterdam to Rome was 3 hours later than originally planned. Needless to say we were not thrilled because we could have had almost a whole day for sight-seeing.
After we checked in at the hotel, it was nearly 4 p.m. We were… »