Our second day in Rome was brilliant. We left the hotel early to 
meet our guide, Mr Hunke, a very talkative German man. He took us on the underground trains to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, where we began our guided tour. The Colosseum was gigantically AMAZING! We went inside and walked around the amphitheatre, learning that ancient roman crowds once sat where we were standing to watch public killings and the fighting of gladiators as well as wild beasts. Everyone took millions of photos – so you won’t be missing out!
From here it was a short walk to the forum, the political, social and
commercial centre of ancient Rome. The forum is mostly in ruins and it was like a little city of its own. Everyone was already sweating profusely in the perfect, sunny, 30 degree heat. We climbed up to see the view from the town hall, which was absolutely incredible. We went to a little café for lunch, where most of us dug into our first Italian pizzas. Che buono!
We jumped on the open bus tour and rested while we hooned around the
roman streets and witnessed some more crazy Italian driving. We hopped off at the piazza del Popolo where we frolicked (dipped our fingers in) in the fountain to cool down. It was then time to do some shopping. We made our way down Via Condotti and had a sticky beak in Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci and Louis Vuitton. Everyone spent all their euro on sunglasses, wallets and bags... just kidding!
Our group then made their way to the Spanish steps, where we ate more gelato. From here we did some more walking to the train station and caught one back to our lovely hotel with the best vending machine that is cheap as chips. Our three-course dinner was at the Dal Gladiatore. We got back to our hotel quite late and all went straight to sleep. We are definitely having the trip of a lifetime, and cannot wait to see the rest of Italy. We will keep you updated over the next two weeks.
Thankyou to all the sweet comments on the blog, please feel free to leave some more! Have a nice day, from your Hobartian backpackers!
Today’s blog brought to you by Jackson, Crichton and O’shea J
meet our guide, Mr Hunke, a very talkative German man. He took us on the underground trains to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, where we began our guided tour. The Colosseum was gigantically AMAZING! We went inside and walked around the amphitheatre, learning that ancient roman crowds once sat where we were standing to watch public killings and the fighting of gladiators as well as wild beasts. Everyone took millions of photos – so you won’t be missing out!From here it was a short walk to the forum, the political, social and
commercial centre of ancient Rome. The forum is mostly in ruins and it was like a little city of its own. Everyone was already sweating profusely in the perfect, sunny, 30 degree heat. We climbed up to see the view from the town hall, which was absolutely incredible. We went to a little café for lunch, where most of us dug into our first Italian pizzas. Che buono!We jumped on the open bus tour and rested while we hooned around the
roman streets and witnessed some more crazy Italian driving. We hopped off at the piazza del Popolo where we frolicked (dipped our fingers in) in the fountain to cool down. It was then time to do some shopping. We made our way down Via Condotti and had a sticky beak in Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci and Louis Vuitton. Everyone spent all their euro on sunglasses, wallets and bags... just kidding!Our group then made their way to the Spanish steps, where we ate more gelato. From here we did some more walking to the train station and caught one back to our lovely hotel with the best vending machine that is cheap as chips. Our three-course dinner was at the Dal Gladiatore. We got back to our hotel quite late and all went straight to sleep. We are definitely having the trip of a lifetime, and cannot wait to see the rest of Italy. We will keep you updated over the next two weeks.
Thankyou to all the sweet comments on the blog, please feel free to leave some more! Have a nice day, from your Hobartian backpackers!
Today’s blog brought to you by Jackson, Crichton and O’shea J
2 comments:
To Ella Jackson & friends,
Looks like you are all having a wonderful time. Being able to keep up to date with your trip is great. Keep up the good work.
Aunty Vicki
wooowooooweeeewaaaaa,
sounds like you guys are all having a splendorous time, i am missing you guys and i hope you have been learning some groovy dance moves! Adam cousins was amaaazingggg, not much has happened down here that is very interresting, i was laughing at megans cheeky smiles in all the photos. Lovvee you guys love the scummiest of them all xoxoxoxox
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