A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel with my family to Italy to visit Andrea who is doing the last semester of her degree abroad at the U of A Cortona campus. I had never been to continental Europe before and I was looking forward to a break from the toils of law school. The plan was to fly into Rome and stay there for one night before heading to Cortona for 4 nights and then end in Florence for 4 nights. We tried to jam as much of the big sites as we could into that 24 hour period. Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Colosseum, Pantheon, the Forum, and St Peter's Basilica all managed to be checked off my list. This was much to my surprise as I had only thought we'd manage to see a few of them. It's hard to judge the city from my short visit consisting mostly of rushing around but I enjoyed my visit. One day I'd like to return to see the city at a slower pace.
View from the hotel room
Fontana di Trevi
The Wedding Cake
Outside the Pantheon
Andrea was our tour guide having been to most of these spots before
Inside the extravagant St Peter's Basilica
what a great thing to get under your belt, you squeeze so much it. my gf is wanting to visit all of these places
ReplyDeleteThanks Mat. If you ever get the chance you should jump on it.
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