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    • Europe 2022 - 2023
      Day 2

      First Italian dinner

      May 10, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      We arrived safely in Rome, and checked into our BnB. After a recommendation from our host we had our first true Italian dinner at Spaccio.

      It was loaded with everything you'd want: focaccia, Parma Ham, Bufala mozzarella, and a seafood medley al dente pasta dish.Read more

    • Europe 2022 - 2023
      Day 3

      Scala Santa

      May 11, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      This morning we were able do something unexpected. The Scale Santa are the steps that Jesus walked up when he was persecuted by Pontius Pilate.

      We had heard that they were closed because the marble steps had become too worn. Apparently they covered the steps with wood and are open again.

      The building is filled with beautiful frescos (see second picture) on the walls and ceiling.

      Lastly, while there we are told the stairs were originally in Jerusalem, but were relocated to Rome by Emperor Constantine's mother. Fun fact.      Read more

    • World VagabondingChapter 1
      Day 51

      Day 51: Pontificio Santuario della Scala

      January 25 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

      Eye-opening! We have never expected that we could find the holy stairs here. Unfortunately we didn’t take pictures inside as people are praying on the holy stairs. In the video, you could see barely prayers are moving up the stairs slowly. Highly recommend to visit this place in person to feel the holy stairs. Prayers climbed the stairs with their knees.

      The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome, Italy proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2023
      Day 36

      San Giovanni Laterno

      May 27, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Doug was wanting to get to this major basilica which was 'washed out' on our last trip.

      Although being rebuilt a few times due to earthquakes and fires, this is the oldest church in Europe. Founded during the fourth century in honour of St. John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, St John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the Cathedral of Rome, in other words, the 'home' cathedral of the Pope, and therefore the most important of the four 'papal' basilicas. It is known as an Archbasilica, as is it considered the mother church of the Roman Catholic faithful. It is huge, and in fact was the largest church in Rome until St. Peter's. The interior is magnificent with colossal statues, built into the impressive columns. The mosaic in the apse was partly destroyed in a fire, but reconstructed to the original appearance.Read more

    • TravelerItalian Adventure Sep 2023
      Day 4

      The oldest church in Rome

      September 19, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      We started the day with breakfast at the hotel, catching up with Peter and Grace, and Paul and Janine. Janine had nearly lost her phone to a beggar thief the night before but Paul had chased the beggar and recovered her phone, and tow additional phones of others at the restaurant. He was the hero of the hour.
      We then caught a bus to the Basilica of St John in Lateran, a church established first in 324ad just 12 years after Constantine had legalised Christianity in the Roman Empire. It is a huge church, alongside a palace occupied by the pope for hundreds of years until the Middle Ages. And outside the church is a huge obelisk taken from the temple of Karnak in Egypt where it had been placed in 1400BC. The first place it occupied in Rome was at the centre of the circus maximus, until it was relocated to this significant church.
      The twin obelisk from the Temple of Karnak was placed by Constantine in the hippodrome in Istanbul where it can still be seen today.
      The interior of the church was very impressive and it is one of the four major basilicas in Rome.
      We stopped for coffee and refreshments at a small cafe across the road from the church before catching a bus back to the hotel.
      We then explored the church across the road from our hotel which is also one of the four significant basilicas in Rome - the Basilica of Saint Mary Maggiore. This church was founded in about 450AD on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, not far from the Termini Railway station today, it is an impressive church and the hotel we are staying in was built 600 years ago as a palace to house the cardinals who were candidates in the election for Pope.
      Lots of amazing history. Then we went to the Mercato adjacent to the station for lunch. It is a high quality food market. The pizzas are some of the best in Rome.      Read more

    • cerotravelsRim 2023
      Day 1

      Slovenske Konjice - Zagreb - Rim

      January 30, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 5 °C

      Pa smo dočakali spet malo potovanja. Tokrat, ker so nam prestavili zimske počitnice, je izbrana destinacija večno mesto, Rim. Po tem, ko smo oddali našo Iso v varstvo, smo se odpravili proti Zagrebu. Park’n’go v mestecu Odra je super opcija, 36 Eur parking za 5 dni, enkrat manj kot na letališču in prevoz na letališče in nazaj je v ceni. Pustimo avto, peljejo nas na letališče, kjer več ali manj vse poteka brez težav. Edino cene, odkar so prešli na EUR so pobesnele. Pločevinka 3 dcl Pipi oranžade 4 Eur, mali Heineken 5,20 Eur, dve pol literski vodi, 6,30 eur. Bolno.

      Ryanair nas lepo in varno pripelje v Rim, kjer iz Fiumicina še 45 minut z avtobusom (18 Eur za vse tri), prispemo na postajo Termini. Od tam še dve postaji z metrojem in smo v naši nastanitvi. Lokacija super, cena za Rim odlična. Dan se je kar vlekel in je naporno cel dan potovati, zato se odpravimo do prvega vogala v majhno gostilnico, kjer si privoščimo nekako klasično italijansko večerjo. Ni poceni :), bo treba najti opcijo, da nas na pizzah ne olupijo v 5 dneh.

      Danes samo še počitek, jutri pa začetek raziskovanja in da naši popotnici v puberteti, razkažem eno mojih najljubših mest.      Read more

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    • cerotravelsRim 2023
      Day 3

      Vatikan in ostalo

      February 1, 2023 in Italy

      Danes pa je bil dan, za več kot 20.000 korakov. Po zajtrku z metrojem v Vatikan in ogled trga in bazilike Sv.Petra. Vedno znova vzame dih velikost in mogočnost trga in same bazilike. Na vrh se nismo vzpenjali, smo pa videli Michelangelovo Pieta, grobnico papeža Janeza Pavla II, grobnico pred kratkim pokopanega Benedikta XVI in ostalih papeżev, se naužili mogočnosti vseh oltarjev in lepot te neverjetne bazilike.

      Ko oddelamo ta ogled, se na ulici ustavimo na kosu pizze in arancinijih, za kosilo odštejemo cca 16 Eur za nas, kar je super ugodno, saj nekateri hočejo imeti za 2 dcl piva tudi po 5 Eur. Cene so ponekod nore, tudi med 20-30 Eur na osebo, kar je milo rečeno, rop.(za testenine ali pizzo).

      Ko se okrepčamo, gremo v Vatikanske muzeje, kjer verjetno poleg Louvra v Parizu in British museuma v Londonu, hranijo največja bogastva, ki jih premore ta planet. Prvič, da ni nobene pretirane gneče tukaj in ogled je tokrat bil celo bolj sproščen in brez nepreglednih množic in čakanja. Tukaj bi kdo znal preživeti cel dan, mi vseeno opravimo “tekoč” ogled, si ogledamo Sikstinsko kapelo, kjer je vedno gneča, prepovedanje slikanje ali snemanje, vidimo znamenite freske, med ostalim tudi Bogovo stvarjenje Adama, skratka, oddelano.

      Zapustimo Vatikanske muzeje in se mimo Angelskega gradu, odpravimo preko angelskega mosta (iz katerega je skočila Tosca), skozi rimske uličice do tržnice Campo di Fiori. Poskušamo z odmorom v lokalu tam, in ob cenah 14 Eur za cocktail ali 6 Eur plus za pivo, nadaljujemo raje naprej. Ob Tiberi se po lepem soncu sprehodimo še do Bocca della Verita (usta resnice), opravimo obvezno tiščanje roke v usta :) in mimo Circus Maximusa, kjer so imeli konjske dirke v antičnem Rimu, počasi zaključimo dolg in naporen dan. Samo še večerja in počitek utrujenih nog, jutri pa malo iz mestnega vrveža na obalo, proti Tirenskemu morju, v Ostio.      Read more

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    • cerotravelsRim 2023
      Day 4

      Ostia Antica in Lido di Ostia

      February 2, 2023 in Italy

      Danes pa je dan, ko smo se umaknili iz mestnega vrveža in odšli na izlet z vlakom. Po zdaj že ustaljeni jutranji rutini, na metro, en prestop, do postaje Piramide in na vlak proti Ostia Antica in Lido di Ostia.

      Prvo izstopimo v majhnem mestecu Ostia Antica, kjer je tudi arheološka cona in kar nekaj za videti, pa se nekako odločimo, da imamo zaenkrat dovolj in si v majhnem mestecu privoščimo poceni malico in posedimo v majhnem baru na soncu. Vrnemo se na vlak in se odpeljemo naprej proti Lido di Ostia (centro). Obmorsko turistično mestece, z dolgo peščeno plažo ob Tirenskem morju.

      Jasno je, da februarja ni sezona, morje je hladno, piha, kljub vsemu pa posedimo, eni poležimo in zadremamo na plaži, punci božata vse pasme psov, ki se sprehajajo po plaži, in malo se nadihamo morskega zraka.

      Na poti nazaj še dobro kosilo v ameriškem pubu Old Wild West in nazaj na vlak proti Rimu. Danes smo se več vozili in manj hodili, zdaj pa že počivamo v sobi in jutri še predzadnji dan. Mlada popotnica je vesela, peljali jo bomo še v živalski vrt v Rimu, popoldne pa pred pakiranjem zaključili v stari židovski četrti Trastevere.      Read more

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    • cerotravelsRim 2023
      Day 5

      Bioparco Roma in Trastevere

      February 3, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

      Pa je še za nami en dan. Po jutranji rutini tokrat na tramvaj in do živalskega vrta. Je kar daleč iz centra, k sreči je tramvaj postaja oddaljena 3 minute hoda od vhoda v živalski vrt. Karta je 17 Eur po osebi in že smo z zemljevidom v rokah med živalmi.

      Dejansko je to kar velik živalski vrt in ima kar nekaj živali, tako da tukaj preživimo skoraj 4 ure in vidimo žirafe, leva, tigre, nosoroge, orangutane, šimpanze, anakondo, pingvine, konje v pižamah (zebre) in še mnogo ostalih živali. Pod črto, je za videt.

      Nazaj na tramvaj in po isti liniji, do konca skoraj, ter izstopimo v stari židovski četrti Trastevere. Barvit Trastevere je zabavno, boemsko območje. Tukaj se izgubimo med uličicami, kjer je ogromno tradicionalnih in inovativnih gostiln, pivnic z craft pivom in trgovine z obrtnimi izdelki. Od passeggiate (promenade) pred večerjo do poznih ur se mlada množica vrvi okoli trga Piazza di San Calisto in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, kjer stoji pozlačena cerkev z mozaiki. Malo hodimo, dvakrat malo pojemo in se preko Tibere, mimo Campo de Fiori, mimo Pantheona in Fontane di Trevi preko metroja vrnemo v sobo.

      Rim nas je utrudil, fizično in finančno :) Jutri še moramo do Fiumicina in letimo zvečer nazaj v Zagreb, potem pa zaslužen počitek.      Read more

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