Bella Roma, Italy
10:01 AM
Buon Giorno!
This weekend saw me head to Rome with the predictions of rain for the entire weekend. After having a delayed flight and eventually getting to Rome some time after 1am, I arrived and got to my hotel. My hotel I must say was very nice but my room was a shoebox. Seriously, it was that small, i had to turn sideways to walk between the wall and my TV to get to my bed. There wasn't enough floor space to do a sit up in.
Obviously Friday night was a write off given I was so late in. In Stuttgart airport, I actually found 3 other people from Skadden, the lawyers working on this job, also going to Rome so I teamed up with them to tour Rome. Saturday was an early start and we headed straight to the Vatican where we joined a massive queue at 8:15am when it doesn't even open til 8:45am. Once we were in, we had a guided tour for about 4-5 hours just walking through the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basillica and the various courtyards and museums. At this point, I was already sick of saying "WOW" to just about everything.
After the Vatican city, we headed to the Colloseum. More expressions of WOW were said here along with like another 50 photos. It's sheer size is just amazing and we did a tour both around the outside and inside. To assiciate collosal with the colloseum is very apt. Words can't explain how big this structure is and to think how big it would have been back in the day is mind boggling. From the Colloseum, we headed for another tour, this time of all the ruins that make up an area called "The Forum". Simply amazing.
Saturday night we didn't get up to much as we were all shattered from touring. Had dinner, few drinks at a bar then went home to our respective hotels. Sunday I was up again and met up with the others to check out all the sites we missed the first day. This included: The Spanish steps, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, the Monument of Vittorio Emmanuel II and a few more I can't remember off the top of my head. All simply amazing and so large it's hard to imagine how they built such structures back in their times. The Pantheon was particularly special as they were holding mass while I was there which was really cool to experience.
By the time I left Rome on Sunday afternoon, I was truely worn out. My legs hurt, my feet hurt and I was tired. I almost missed my connecting flight in Frankfurt thanks to a delay leaving Rome but eventually made it back to Stuttgart where I returned home to the same room in Le Meridien hotel.
Have lots of photos so take a look when you get the chance.
Ciao and Arrivederci
Dave
This weekend saw me head to Rome with the predictions of rain for the entire weekend. After having a delayed flight and eventually getting to Rome some time after 1am, I arrived and got to my hotel. My hotel I must say was very nice but my room was a shoebox. Seriously, it was that small, i had to turn sideways to walk between the wall and my TV to get to my bed. There wasn't enough floor space to do a sit up in.
Obviously Friday night was a write off given I was so late in. In Stuttgart airport, I actually found 3 other people from Skadden, the lawyers working on this job, also going to Rome so I teamed up with them to tour Rome. Saturday was an early start and we headed straight to the Vatican where we joined a massive queue at 8:15am when it doesn't even open til 8:45am. Once we were in, we had a guided tour for about 4-5 hours just walking through the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basillica and the various courtyards and museums. At this point, I was already sick of saying "WOW" to just about everything.
After the Vatican city, we headed to the Colloseum. More expressions of WOW were said here along with like another 50 photos. It's sheer size is just amazing and we did a tour both around the outside and inside. To assiciate collosal with the colloseum is very apt. Words can't explain how big this structure is and to think how big it would have been back in the day is mind boggling. From the Colloseum, we headed for another tour, this time of all the ruins that make up an area called "The Forum". Simply amazing.
Saturday night we didn't get up to much as we were all shattered from touring. Had dinner, few drinks at a bar then went home to our respective hotels. Sunday I was up again and met up with the others to check out all the sites we missed the first day. This included: The Spanish steps, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, the Monument of Vittorio Emmanuel II and a few more I can't remember off the top of my head. All simply amazing and so large it's hard to imagine how they built such structures back in their times. The Pantheon was particularly special as they were holding mass while I was there which was really cool to experience.
By the time I left Rome on Sunday afternoon, I was truely worn out. My legs hurt, my feet hurt and I was tired. I almost missed my connecting flight in Frankfurt thanks to a delay leaving Rome but eventually made it back to Stuttgart where I returned home to the same room in Le Meridien hotel.
Have lots of photos so take a look when you get the chance.
Ciao and Arrivederci
Dave
