Italy trip part three - Rome

[sienamystic]

We left Florence and hopped back on another Freccia to Rome. I had heard that Termini, Rome's main train station, had been turned into a mall, and it's true - there were now shops everywhere, including a branch of our now beloved Grom, which sold artisinal gelato. (The torrone flavor...omg. And the fiordilatte, which I kept returning to. We ate a

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[dickgloucester]

Wow! Clever you to find an island of peace in Rome!

[sienamystic]

I wish we could feel proud of ourselves but we literally stumbled upon it! We were pretty stunned when he unlocked the door and led us out into this leafy tunnel.

[sonetka]

I would not have guessed that you were staying in the city by looking at those photos :).

[sienamystic]

It really felt like we had been abruptly teleported somewhere...except you can still see the Colosseum!

[jillithian]

Mmm, gelato. Sounds like you made good decisions, there!

Boo that the Forum was pay-only. It was fascinating, but without our tour guide, it would've been hard to understand it's importance. Impossible, practically.

That garden you found sounds lovely! I didn't particularly like Rome when i was there because it was just too much city for me. No green spaces anywhere other than behind private walls. Maybe that was why i liked the Forum, too: green space.

[sienamystic]

You really do need some sort of guidebook. I remember being stranded there in the baking July heat while listening to a lecture by an expert. He mentioned the changing ground level of the city approximately 50 thousand times and I wanted to go crawl under a rock just to find some shade. So even with an expert it can be difficult to figure out!

I tend to prefer green spaces as well, but I do like the fact that there's always something beautiful to look at in Rome. And the bustle doesn't bug me as much as, say, New York, where I tend to feel a little overwhelmed and grimy after a while.