european vacation pt. 3: ROMA

It's been a week since break...and I don't know why I didn't write about all of it when it was still fresh in my mind. So apologies for the imminent lack of detail of the next two entries.

To get to Rome we took another (but final) overnight train from Vienna to Roma Termini. Once in Rome we figured out our third metro system and took Linea B direction Rebibbia to Bologne, where we got off and struggled to find our hostel, which we found hidden in an alley...

Got rid of our luggage, then hit up the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, ate some gelato and pizza...

(losers at the forum)

Alright lazy lapse, you get bullets.

I also saw:

-The Spanish Steps
-The Trevi Fountain
-The Vatican
-Castel San Angelo
-Domus Aurea
-Piazza del Popolo
-Piazza Navona
-The Pantheon

I think I literally ate pizza for and gelato for every meal, and it was wonderful. Rome was definitely on par with Berlin, but I couldn't tell you which I prefer. Rome did however leave me with a bittersweet taste because it was extremely touristy (to be expected, I know) but I just felt like I was constantly being hustled by every person I bought something from...and the catcalling and aggressive nature of the many street vendors was really unpleasant, and got really old. But creepers aside, it was a really fun city with a lot to do and eat and see.

Wow that was pretty generic, but the best I can do.
(one of many aerial views of rome)


(the vatican)