Eurotrip| 5.30.14| Rome Day 1

5.30.14 - Left Florence after lunch to our next destination, Roma!. We caught the train which costs around 34 euros each, make sure to validate your ticket before hopping on the train or you'll get fined 5 euros like us. It took about 4 hours. Once in Roma, we took bus 85 from Roma termini to our next hostel in the heart of the city and a small block away from the Trevi Fountain. This has to be the best location in all of Roma and it was such a charming and clean hostel. Since we arrived late afternoon, we were able to do some sightseeing and stumbled upon the Pantheon. Roma is beautiful in a way that i can't explain, almost like the same feeling of Versailles. It's feels like an open history book and everything was left as is. Everything is old but you can walk around and explore as you please without going into a museum. It's really cool to see the Rome's drinking fountains everywhere you go. These are called Naso, and they were built back in the 1800's and still working to this day. Another reason to love Roma, free water everywhere you go!

Eurotrip| 5.31.14| Rome Day 2

5.31.14- Started the day visiting the Trevi fountain and made a wish as I threw a coin over my left shoulder.  We were able to explore all of Rome in one day thanks to the electric bike. It was 20 euros for 8 hours, and it is the best modification to a bike known to man. We rode to the Vatican, up the hillside barely sweating at all, down to the Colosseum where we parked, did the tour and headed back home. It was a good way to explore all the landmarks of this city if you don't mind it from your bike. It would have been nice to walk around the steps of the Vittoriano, but I can live with just seeing it from afar. 

I forgot to mention the food in Rome is also as amazing at Florence, aside from that farfalle pasta dish, nothing tops that. I curbed my photos on food because there were sooo many other things to take photos of in Rome besides food. I definitely got a vacation belly while in Italy from my pasta and gelato binges. I had gelato everyday and pasta sometimes twice a day while traveling italy and I don't regret it at all. The cafes are very European with their outdoor seatings and it's very nice to have dinner while people watching. The live music really added to the ambiance and I love how I never felt rush to leave after dinner. Instead, it was always the opposite since people sit and enjoy an espresso after their meal which I've learned to do. Wish we had more places like this back at home.