Rome - part 1
All roads lead to Rome! Last stop on our trip was in this beautiful city. If it weren't for all the tourists you would have the feeling of being in another time while you are here. Since we could walk to all sights from our hotel there was a lot of sightseeing on foot. Tiring, but so worth it - there is something beautiful to see in every corner.
Since we catched an earlier train from Ancona we could start our sightseeing the same day as we arrived. Pantheon was the first major landmark we saw. I have heard a lot about this building during lectures in architectural history...
One of Europe's largest domes with an opening that is 8.3 m in diameter. Yep, I'm a bit mindfucked by my education.
You should apparently come here when it rains because it rains straight through the opening in the dome. Unfortunately this was not something we experienced, but it sounds cool. A mega large indoor shower.
Our second day began with a visit to the Vatican and the Vatican Museum. To avoid standing in line, I had purchased skip-the-line tickets online to the museums. I can really recommend it, the queues were crazy long.
Here we walked around for a few hours, until it became too much of everything. Tip number two: If you ever make this visit in the summer, come here as early as possible. Later it's too much people and too hot.
Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling. You should recognize the painting at the top of the image.
From the Sistine Chapel we went on to St. Peter's Basilica. I don't know if we were allowed to take that way, but we hustled a bit and went with a guide group, jumped over a rope and voilà - we ended up at the front of the long queue that goes up to the church's dome. I am grateful that my boyfriend is good at hustling since I'm too kind for that (read: too much of a coward). We are a perfect combination when travelling.
After a lot of stairs (we were too cheap to pay for the lift), we ended up on the inside of the dome where you could see down into the huge church. We thought this was it, until we realized that we are supposed to continue up to the very top.
Going up there, there was no lift to choose and the stairs were narrow and claustrophobic, and began tilting the farther up you came. I can understand if people get a little panic here, there is no going back.
The view was worth all the stairs, though! I had to struggle a bit for this picture, everybody wants to stand here for a photo. If I'm good at anything, it's to fight for my photo and push aside all other people, haha. A true blogger.
Then we went down into St. Peter's again, the Pope's crib. It is really huge, and very beautiful.
Tip No. 3: Don't forget the water bottle! More experienced tourists (who had been in Rome for more than one day) all walked around with bottles that you can fill up everywhere in the city. After all stairs we mostly felt like lying on the floor.
Since we catched an earlier train from Ancona we could start our sightseeing the same day as we arrived. Pantheon was the first major landmark we saw. I have heard a lot about this building during lectures in architectural history...
One of Europe's largest domes with an opening that is 8.3 m in diameter. Yep, I'm a bit mindfucked by my education.
You should apparently come here when it rains because it rains straight through the opening in the dome. Unfortunately this was not something we experienced, but it sounds cool. A mega large indoor shower.
Our second day began with a visit to the Vatican and the Vatican Museum. To avoid standing in line, I had purchased skip-the-line tickets online to the museums. I can really recommend it, the queues were crazy long.
Here we walked around for a few hours, until it became too much of everything. Tip number two: If you ever make this visit in the summer, come here as early as possible. Later it's too much people and too hot.
Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling. You should recognize the painting at the top of the image.
From the Sistine Chapel we went on to St. Peter's Basilica. I don't know if we were allowed to take that way, but we hustled a bit and went with a guide group, jumped over a rope and voilà - we ended up at the front of the long queue that goes up to the church's dome. I am grateful that my boyfriend is good at hustling since I'm too kind for that (read: too much of a coward). We are a perfect combination when travelling.
After a lot of stairs (we were too cheap to pay for the lift), we ended up on the inside of the dome where you could see down into the huge church. We thought this was it, until we realized that we are supposed to continue up to the very top.
Going up there, there was no lift to choose and the stairs were narrow and claustrophobic, and began tilting the farther up you came. I can understand if people get a little panic here, there is no going back.
The view was worth all the stairs, though! I had to struggle a bit for this picture, everybody wants to stand here for a photo. If I'm good at anything, it's to fight for my photo and push aside all other people, haha. A true blogger.
Then we went down into St. Peter's again, the Pope's crib. It is really huge, and very beautiful.
Tip No. 3: Don't forget the water bottle! More experienced tourists (who had been in Rome for more than one day) all walked around with bottles that you can fill up everywhere in the city. After all stairs we mostly felt like lying on the floor.
This icecream shop near our hotel quickly became a favorite. Those mini icecreams were as delicious as they look!
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