Rome - how can someone not be fascinated by this city. Something about walking around in this modern city - turning round a corner and suddenly seeing ancient ruins - the Colosseum, arcs of triumph etc. It's lovely. I can't be in Rome and not think of my epic first time there in 2006 and my legendary pub crawl......Last pub crawl I am doing in Rome...
The journey to Rome was great - we were so happy to be leaving Paris. We had a quick stopover in Milan and got to Rome in the evening - after leaving Paris in the morning. We were exhausted but went out for a delicious dinner. We slept early and went off to explore the city. We were excited. As we were walking, we came across some guys dressed as ancient Romans and carrying the most fabulous props - swords, shields etc. He could tell we were enchanted by the costumes. The next thing we knew, they invited us to take some fun pics with them. We had a blast.....up until a few minutes later, we were each made to part with 10 Euros each.....OUCH! Yes, that's how we were taken in. I'm sure those guys make a killing off tourists.
We went to the Vatican after seeing the main ruins in Rome. As we were walking into the city, we met a Priest who looked very Kenyan - which coincidentally he was! We were all excited - what are the odds of a group of 6 Kenyan women meeting a Kenyan priest on entering the vatican? Father Boniface was equally pleased to meet us. He gave us the best tour of the Vatican. The highlight of it for me was seeing Michelangelo's work on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel - divine. We had to leave for Venice around 1pm, but that was a quick lovely trip in Rome. We wished we could stay longer, but given the 4-5 day delay in Paris, we were quickly running out of time.
