So earlier in this month we jetted off to Rome for 4 days with our school. We made some incredible memories, saw amazing sites, took so many photos, did some necessary shopping and saw a lot beautiful Italian men... a lot. Here is a quick overview of our favourite times in Rome :)
Things we did...
We left our hotel at 7.45am (getting up that early was a struggle) and returned at 9pm everyday. Between that we were basically walking the whole time so as you can imagine, we literally saw every inch of Rome. We visited all the famous sites like The Colosseum, the Spanish Steps, The Vatican and the Catacombs. We were blown away by how beautiful the city was! Everything about Rome is beautiful; the architecture, the language, lifestyle and most importantly... the food. We ate as much ice cream and pizza as possible in 4 days! Here's a few photos of us and our friends around Rome...
Our favourite places we visited where the Colosseum and the Vatican. We were overwhelmed by how massive the Colosseum was inside! We had learnt of the Colosseum in school and so to see it in person was amazing, seeing where the Emperor had sat all those years ago watching Gladiator fights, the persecution of many persons etc. (not sounding too nerdy...haha!) Also seeing the Vatican was incredible, the interior and exterior of the building was beautiful! Here are a couple of photos around and about the sites in Rome...
Shopping
When in Rome... you have to shop. Our favourite places to spend our money were Sephora and Kiko for makeup, Mango (which is a lot better in Rome than the UK), Subdued (the most adorable shop ever) and all the cute little souvenir shops on the streets. We spent most of our free time looking around these shops! We are planning on doing a haul to show you what we both bought in Rome!
Believe it or not this was actually one of the shopping streets...
Believe it or not this was actually one of the shopping streets...
Fashion
We very quickly noticed that everyone in Rome has amazing fashion sense and style. They dress simply yet effectively, with a lot of black and neutral colours. Everyone was wrapped up in stylish puffa coats and smart peacoats. Meanwhile, as it was 16 degrees (that's summer weather to us), we were walking around in t-shirts with our sunglasses on! We so obviously looked like tourists! We also noticed that most men dress equally as good as women, where we live most of the boys our age wear sweat pants and snapbacks...
One of the most important things to do in Rome is to grab a coffee and watch the world go by!
One of the most important things to do in Rome is to grab a coffee and watch the world go by!
Food
So as we said... we managed to eat a lot in 4 days. The food in Italy is so yummy and one of our favourites. As you'd expect Italian food is so much better when your actually in Italy! A lot of coffee, ice-cream, pizza and pasta was consumed and we didn't regret it one bit!
One of the best was a little Pizzeria we found beside the Colosseum where we all got freshly made pizzas for 5 Euros each!! We were also able to sneak in a trip to the Hard Rock Cafe which is always tasty (even more so when there's free wi-fi!!)
Overall Rome is such a beautiful city. We now have the travel bug; all we want to do is to travel, see new cities and meet new people!
Hopefully one day we will be able to...
Hopefully one day we will be able to...