the vatican, and the trevi fountain
i am still experiencing withdrawal from our roman holiday. and editing our photographs - reliving those incredible memories - has not helped! for part I of our trip, click here.
on our second full day we started early with a semi-private tour of vatican city, which included the museums, the sistene chapel, and st. peter's basilica. Unfortunately photography is not allowed in the chapel. Once the tour concluded we enjoyed a delicious lunch, then, in spite of the drizzling rain, we enjoyed walking around the streets that surround vatican city.
after enjoying a rest at the hotel we headed out to the trevi district. during our research for this trip one recommendation was to see some of the sights, including the trevi fountain, at night, when theoretically it is less crowded. it was still crowded but manageable, and totally worth seeing it at night.
st. peter's basilica
one of the many altars inside st. peter's basilica
inside st. peter's basilica
amazing ceiling inside st. peter's basilica
oh just my handsome hubby strolling through st. peter's square all casual like (totally contrived!)
we had an easy time navigating rome's underground, there was a station just outside the colosseum, by our hotel
we stumbled on this little gem, gioia mia pisciapiano, after walking around looking for restaurants our guide book recommended that either we couldn't find or when we did locate them, turned out to be closed.
i couldn't help myself.
to be continued in pt III of our roman holiday!
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on our second full day we started early with a semi-private tour of vatican city, which included the museums, the sistene chapel, and st. peter's basilica. Unfortunately photography is not allowed in the chapel. Once the tour concluded we enjoyed a delicious lunch, then, in spite of the drizzling rain, we enjoyed walking around the streets that surround vatican city.
after enjoying a rest at the hotel we headed out to the trevi district. during our research for this trip one recommendation was to see some of the sights, including the trevi fountain, at night, when theoretically it is less crowded. it was still crowded but manageable, and totally worth seeing it at night.
inside st. peter's basilica
- some of the chapels were in use, including this one, where people were able to sit and pray
my amazing lunch of gnocchi !
i enjoyed the most delicious gnocchi, and have never been so sad to finish a meal in my life!
trevi fountiain, located in the trevi district
we didn't eat here but i thought it looked too pretty at night not to take its picture!
to be continued in pt III of our roman holiday!
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great pics! still havent been to rome, need to make my way over there!!
ReplyDeleteOoh, it looks like a wonderful vacation! I'm so jealous.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Why has it taken me so long to check out your blog, I see you on Instagram often enough ;)
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