These posts aren’t going to be in any particular order, but since my fall semester has ended, I’m FINALLY getting around to Italy blog posts! I’ll do one large post going over all of my outfits from Italy after the travel posts.
It was such a great trip and I can’t wait to share all of my experiences and pictures with you..
So on this particular day we decided to take a day trip to Rome. Taking the train from Florence to Rome is super easy and quick.
Around 10a.m. we took a one hour train ride from Florence to Rome. We had about six hours in the city. Our first stop was a cathedral directly straight from the train station. Below are some pictures.
From there we stopped at a cute cafe, still very close to the train station. We all got mimosas and sandwiches and were able to sit outside, without rain. I say without rain because majority of our trip was spent outside in the rain. Italy’s winter is like a New Jersey’s fall, sometimes cloudy and rainy.
I was pretty committed to seeing ALL of Rome’s touristy spots in a few hours. If you’ve been to Rome I’m sure that sounds pretty insane…considering Vatican City is extremely far from the Colosseum. But, we did it all. I’m not much of a museum person, at all. I didn’t mind just seeing these tourist spots. I know if my Mom goes back she’d want to go inside some of these places, but with just a few hours, it was impossible to do a bunch of tours.
Vatican City:
After the cafe, we walked to Vatican City. After that, we agreed to take a taxi to the Trevi Fountain. FYI, if you’re traveling in Rome (or anywhere in Europe) some taxi drivers are out to scam you, BE CAREFUL. We gave a $20 bill and the taxi driver said we only gave him a $5. We didn’t want to put up a fight (we didn’t know how he’d react) so we gave him another $20.
Trevi Fountain:
From the Trevi we were off once again towards the Colosseum.
Colosseum:
We refueled at another cafe before walking back to the train station. Some how…our phones said we had walked 13 miles, how crazy is that. I loved every second of it.
