2009/07/10-14 the real deal

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thanks to matt's friend federico and his lovely family we were able to not only see the roman classics, but also some spots that only locals would know. the centores have been the most wonderful hosts, and i am looking forward to seeing them again soon [maybe in austria?!].

also, the food was incredibly delicious. we managed it to find the most fantastic spots with incredible italian food.. you know, the real deal. and federico even made tiramisu.. in twenty minutes!

the rome trip was not only special, as wonderful federico and his family showed us the best time, but also because it was matt's and my first real holiday together. let's think of it as a great start into more wonderful things!

2009/07/14 holy vatican

getting up at 6 o'clock was hard [we were late non-the-less, but i guess this is how it is supposed to be in italy]..


..but the rest of our last day was chillin' a fortiori. i mean, although we had 35°C and the vatican is a really busy place, the vibes there calm you down. especially as we found god.. literally.


the st. peter's basilica once again stunned me [although i saw it for the third time and i am not so much into churches..] with its phantastic architecture and its impressive monuments. the view from its top is also worth the step climbing.

i was even more impressed with the sistine chapel even though is a little packed with people; michelangelo is stunning non-the-less. and the vatican must have invested a whole lot of thoughts into the design of the st. peter's square, as it looks round but is elliptic.
also, their postal service is impressively fast.

holy vatican

before almost missing our flight back home, we [read: matt] discovered an insider [for working people, the mafia.. who knows?] restaurant outside the center of rome. the pizza was so good [and so much] that we packed half of it and flew it back home. incredible!

2009/07/11 roman classics

the second day our hosts federico and jill took us to the largest catacombes around rome - the catacomba di domitilla. the tour was quite efficient [read: extremely short], but by breaking the rules *oops* and taking pictures..

..we made the best out of it.
after theses fascinating 2 seconds, we went downtown again, to visit the famous spanish steps and the fontana di trevi. obviously we were not the only people doing so..

rome classics

good times, anyhow!

2009/07/10 the old center of rome

after a 13 hour train ride in a teeny-tiny train department with 4 other people matt and i very somewhat relieved to finally arrive at roma termini -the main train station in the italian capital.



matt convinced me to let go of plans and just decide spontaneously about our tour; which turned out to be wonderful, as we not only discovered a great cheap asian market [where we bought food for our picnic], but also we lingered along the main streets to find both the forum romanum and the colloseum in the end.

old rome

the first day was full of impressions, and we were glad to relax with a funny cup of cappuccino.

roma urbis bella est!