Rome picspam 2/2
The rest of my Rome pictures!
Man at this point I'm just looking at the photos and going where was this again.
Umm, day 3, day 3, we went to the Vatican first then we walked around the city centre.
Saint Peter's Basilica. With rows of chairs lined up for some Easter celebration I guess. There was also a huge line going all round the piazza, people lining up to see the pope.
There is a street nearby, Via de Pupazzi IIRC, which has quite a number of restaurants with lunch time sets and stuff, but we didn't find it until it was too late ;3; Eating out in Rome is so expensive.
Statue of the archangel Michael in Castel Sant'Angelo. I don't know why I don't have a picture of the exterior, I have a monochromatic postcard of it though.
View of Ponte Sant'Angelo from the castle. You can see the statue of angels along both sides of the bridge.
Oh yeah, we had to climb up to near the top of the castle to get this view and I remember hearing a tourist gabbling about Dan Brown there.
View of the Vatican from the castle.
We ate somewhere later, can't remember where, but I'm pretty sure this was the tiramisu we ordered. Tiramisu~
Pantheon. Which was closed for service. Because it was Easter and we have excellent timing. Also crowded like woah.
We went to the Trevi Fountain too and took some obligatory touristy photos, but man, that place was so crowded. No nice photos, too many human heads.
Giolitti~. The gelato madhouse. It's one of the most famous gelato places in Rome (even the pope gets his gelato from there, or so they say) and it's near the Trevi Fountain/ Pantheon area, so yeah, it was a madhouse. I don't think I even got near enough to touch the display glass, let alone see what flavours they had. Probably spent about 20 mins in the pack, then carrying the gelato out was another challenge by itself.
One of the battle spoils from the madhouse. Umm, melon, lemon and hazelnut? With cream on top. Wasn't mine since I know I ordered chocolate and orange again :D
Piazza Navona~
The famous Fountain of the Four Rivers at Piazza Navona. Unfortunately, there were refurbishment works going on when we were there (excellent timing, etc etc) so the bottom part was covered.
The river you can see represented in this picture is Danube. The others are Nile, Ganges and Plate.
Thanks to starstray, I only remember this monument as the wedding cake which has something to do with the unification of Italy.
/wikis
Okay, it's the National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II, who was the first king of a unified Italy.
From where we were, we could also see part of the Roman Forum, which is a bit disconcerting because on one hand you have roads, traffic, cars, buses and shops, and right next door are those grand old ruins.
Actually, in this picture taken at the Roman Forum, you can see part of the wedding cake.
Tritone Fountain, at Piazza Barberini.
Now that I remember, this was actually taken on Day 2, not Day 3. starstray and I passed by this while looking for the Capuchin Crypt. I don't have pictures of the church where the crypt is, but the crypt has bones of dead friars arranged decoratively all over the walls and ceiling. Slightly creepy, but also impressive.
We were leaving on the next day, so we didn't do much. We went to Vatican City again in the morning to send postcards (~special Vatican stamps~), then went to Piazza del Popolo and the Villa Borghese gardens.
Piazza del Popolo. With an Egyptian obelisk in the middle.
Villa Borghese gardens~
The gardens were really vast and there were random lakes and fountains scattered everywhere.
One of the lakes, with a temple in the middle. The temple... doesn't really function as a temple, it's there for aesthetic purposes.
Carabinieri! Man, the uniforms are so smart and they were riding on matching white horses too. I don't know if they saw me trying to snap a photo, but they stopped for a few seconds at the yellow line :D
There were quite a number of people using these four wheeler thingies. Looks fun too ;3;
Villa Borghese.
We saw this statue of Goethe on the way out.
Well, that wraps up our four days in Rome. One last picture, because I don't remember when it was taken.
On the streets of Rome~
Instead of lamp posts on the roadside, the street lights here dangle from wires in the middle of the roads. The walls on the left are orange, a lot of buildings there are painted in shades of orange and yellow, so cheery.
The weather was beautiful when we were there, all bright and sunshine-y <3
Aah Rome. It would be nice to go back there again, to see the stuff we didn't get to see the first time round and to pig out on more gelato.
...
Totally unrelated- on the way to class last Friday, I saw a whiteboard set up on the little pedestrian island right in the middle of a busy road. Written at the top of the board was "WHAT HAVE I LEARNT TODAY" and there was a small packet of markers hanging by the side. Some people actually wrote on the board. I was quite amused by "Don't buy hotdogs in the UK" :D
Man at this point I'm just looking at the photos and going where was this again.
Umm, day 3, day 3, we went to the Vatican first then we walked around the city centre.
Saint Peter's Basilica. With rows of chairs lined up for some Easter celebration I guess. There was also a huge line going all round the piazza, people lining up to see the pope.
There is a street nearby, Via de Pupazzi IIRC, which has quite a number of restaurants with lunch time sets and stuff, but we didn't find it until it was too late ;3; Eating out in Rome is so expensive.
Statue of the archangel Michael in Castel Sant'Angelo. I don't know why I don't have a picture of the exterior, I have a monochromatic postcard of it though.
View of Ponte Sant'Angelo from the castle. You can see the statue of angels along both sides of the bridge.
Oh yeah, we had to climb up to near the top of the castle to get this view and I remember hearing a tourist gabbling about Dan Brown there.
View of the Vatican from the castle.
We ate somewhere later, can't remember where, but I'm pretty sure this was the tiramisu we ordered. Tiramisu~
Pantheon. Which was closed for service. Because it was Easter and we have excellent timing. Also crowded like woah.
We went to the Trevi Fountain too and took some obligatory touristy photos, but man, that place was so crowded. No nice photos, too many human heads.
Giolitti~. The gelato madhouse. It's one of the most famous gelato places in Rome (even the pope gets his gelato from there, or so they say) and it's near the Trevi Fountain/ Pantheon area, so yeah, it was a madhouse. I don't think I even got near enough to touch the display glass, let alone see what flavours they had. Probably spent about 20 mins in the pack, then carrying the gelato out was another challenge by itself.
One of the battle spoils from the madhouse. Umm, melon, lemon and hazelnut? With cream on top. Wasn't mine since I know I ordered chocolate and orange again :D
Piazza Navona~
The famous Fountain of the Four Rivers at Piazza Navona. Unfortunately, there were refurbishment works going on when we were there (excellent timing, etc etc) so the bottom part was covered.
The river you can see represented in this picture is Danube. The others are Nile, Ganges and Plate.
Thanks to starstray, I only remember this monument as the wedding cake which has something to do with the unification of Italy.
/wikis
Okay, it's the National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II, who was the first king of a unified Italy.
From where we were, we could also see part of the Roman Forum, which is a bit disconcerting because on one hand you have roads, traffic, cars, buses and shops, and right next door are those grand old ruins.
Actually, in this picture taken at the Roman Forum, you can see part of the wedding cake.
Tritone Fountain, at Piazza Barberini.
Now that I remember, this was actually taken on Day 2, not Day 3. starstray and I passed by this while looking for the Capuchin Crypt. I don't have pictures of the church where the crypt is, but the crypt has bones of dead friars arranged decoratively all over the walls and ceiling. Slightly creepy, but also impressive.
We were leaving on the next day, so we didn't do much. We went to Vatican City again in the morning to send postcards (~special Vatican stamps~), then went to Piazza del Popolo and the Villa Borghese gardens.
Piazza del Popolo. With an Egyptian obelisk in the middle.
Villa Borghese gardens~
The gardens were really vast and there were random lakes and fountains scattered everywhere.
One of the lakes, with a temple in the middle. The temple... doesn't really function as a temple, it's there for aesthetic purposes.
Carabinieri! Man, the uniforms are so smart and they were riding on matching white horses too. I don't know if they saw me trying to snap a photo, but they stopped for a few seconds at the yellow line :D
There were quite a number of people using these four wheeler thingies. Looks fun too ;3;
Villa Borghese.
We saw this statue of Goethe on the way out.
Well, that wraps up our four days in Rome. One last picture, because I don't remember when it was taken.
On the streets of Rome~
Instead of lamp posts on the roadside, the street lights here dangle from wires in the middle of the roads. The walls on the left are orange, a lot of buildings there are painted in shades of orange and yellow, so cheery.
The weather was beautiful when we were there, all bright and sunshine-y <3
Aah Rome. It would be nice to go back there again, to see the stuff we didn't get to see the first time round and to pig out on more gelato.
...
Totally unrelated- on the way to class last Friday, I saw a whiteboard set up on the little pedestrian island right in the middle of a busy road. Written at the top of the board was "WHAT HAVE I LEARNT TODAY" and there was a small packet of markers hanging by the side. Some people actually wrote on the board. I was quite amused by "Don't buy hotdogs in the UK" :D
