Roma

Guess who’s back, back again, guess who’s back, guess who’s back…:)
So after a two month hiatus our National Lampoon’s European Vacation has resumed. Our friends from jolly ol’ England will be traveling with us for this first leg of our trip, all of which will be in Rome.

We are staying at a campground on the outskirts of Rome. Personally, I wouldn’t describe it as a campground. Mostly because Europeans don’t camp, they glamp. This campground has three water world style pools, complete with mini slides and a team leading water aerobics.

For our first day we walked the Roman streets taking in the sights, and ice cream:). We strolled past the Trevi Fountain, which is a baroque fountain famous for its stunning and gigantic sculptures. It’s quite stunning and also a bit of a human zoo. Didn’t bother working my way through the masses towards the fountain and instead settled for the occasional glimpses and flashes provided by the occasional parting of the human seas.

Unfortunately, we didn’t realize just how close we were to the Spanish Steps, so missed out, but did make our way to the Pantheon. The Pantheon has become a foundational/classical piece of architecture and one of the most influential rotunda in the world. It has inspired buildings such as the US Capitol, the Jefferson Memorial, St Peter’s Basilica and the Florence Cathedral.

The Pantheon’s obelisk acts as its mythological sentry. Seemingly awaiting some fatal misstep triggering an Indiana Jones type cascading series of events, even if only in my imagination. The area is beautiful and love the way Europeans so innocently continue life and builds all around such behemoths of yesteryear. Tomorrow, the Coliseum:) Back to glamping.Read more