Matt has not had the chance to see Rome yet. Yeah, I know, we have now lived in Italy over a year and I have heard so many times "How has he not been to Rome yet?!" Well, we do a lot of hiking, skiing, and our interests have been more towards the smaller, less known towns of this beautiful country.
In February (yup this proves how far behind I am!) we hopped the train in Arona to Milan Centrale then to Rome with our friend Dustin. We had a jam packed 3 day weekend scheduled, which started off with a full day bicycle tour with a company called "The Red Bicycle." The morning began with a full tour of Rome so we rode past the colosseum, Trevi fountain (which is still under construction), Jewish Ghetto, etc. The afternoon was a great countryside tour of the ancient Roman Road and the catacombs. Even though this is my third time to Rome, there is so much to see and do, that this trip allowed me to incorporate several things I haven't had a chance to see yet such as the Jewish Ghetto. And what better way to see it then on a bike?
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| Matt and Dustin in front of the Pantheon |
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| View of the Forum from above |
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| View of the Forum from the outside |
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| Matt, me, and Dustin in front of the Catacombs |
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| Matt and me in front of the Catacombs |
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| Biking near the acquaducts |
Saturday morning we were up bright and early for a 7:30 AM Vatican, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basicalla tour, which by the way is completely worth it! It is nice to view the Sistine Chapel without being elbow to elbow with people. We were told there were 7 million visitors last year! Wow!! I have a lot of pictures from my previous trips, but there were just a few I couldn't resist taking this time.
What i like about this one, is it is an old map of Italy and it has our town, Arona on it! So cool...
You know you aren't supposed to actually touch anything at the Vatican, right? Right, Matt? Matt?....
Saturday afternoon was spent viewing the Forum and Palatine Hill.
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