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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 33 ft
ItalyRome41°53’29” N 12°28’28” E
Arrival
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Lovely taxi ride from the airport through Rome with the driver pointing out all the sites in Italian!! Straight out to find food! Wandered south over the river to Nonna Gina. Lovely food andRead more
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- Day 2
- Friday, April 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 164 ft
Vatican City41°54’22” N 12°27’13” E
Vatican part 1
April 4 in Vatican City ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We nearly did not do the Vatican guided tour but so glad we did. Paulina was our guide for a group of 8. She was fab and had so much to say. The museums, of which there are many, include hundreds ofRead more
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- Day 2
- Friday, April 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 167 ft
- Vatican City41°54’22” N 12°27’16” E
Vatican part 2
April 4 in Vatican City ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I decided that I had so many paintings of the fabulous ceilings I would do a post just with them .
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- Day 2
- Friday, April 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 125 ft
- Vatican City41°54’24” N 12°27’14” E
Rome - St Peter’s Square
April 4 in Vatican City ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
After leaving the museums and re entering Italy, we had to walk around the thick walls of Vatican City to get to St Peter’s Square. It had a lovely serene atmosphere, considering it was really busy.
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- Day 2
- Friday, April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 79 ft
- ItalyRome41°54’36” N 12°28’26” E
Rome - St Peter’s Square to Trevi Founta
April 4 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Leaving St Peter’s Square we wandered along the River Tiber and across a bridge to Piazza Popolo. Then on to the Spanish steps, but not before a well earned pit stop at a lovely tea shop. After theRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 82 ft
- ItalyRome41°53’57” N 12°28’36” E
Rome - Pantheon
April 5 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Up bright and early to get to the Pantheon when it opened. Luckily a very short queue. Wow, what a structure! A massive feat of engineering now, let alone when originally constructed. It wasRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 108 ft
- ItalyRome41°53’28” N 12°29’29” E
Rome - Colosseum etc.
April 5 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Approaching the Colosseum from a distance, it was just as spectacular as when we first visited nine years ago with the boys. That day included a full tour of the Colosseum, so this time we just walkedRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 69 ft
- ItalyRome41°53’44” N 12°28’21” E
Rome - Evening Food Tour
April 5 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We met our guide in Campo de Fiori for an evening food tour. It was excellent. We started with cured meat and wine, then fried rice balls called Suppli (tomato sauce, rice and mozzarella deep fried).Read more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 98 ft
- ItalyRome41°53’35” N 12°28’54” E
Rome - Trastevere etc.
April 6 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
A gentle walk this morning, we said!! We started in the Jewish ghetto for breakfast with delicious scrambled eggs and coffee. Then we decided to explore some more. We started at Campo de Fiori at theRead more
