Rome through my phone

Hello everyone! Finally a weekend to sit and relax after weeks..! The previous weekend I traveled with my sister to Rome! I was there same month last year, but I needed some days off and she wanted so much to go, so why not! It was rather a quick decision but our days were full of sightseeing and walking. And when it comes to tourist walking, fashion booties are not made to walk centuries old alleys of cobble stones, that's for sure. We rent bicycles, the weather was sunny and we had such a great time! All photos through my iPhone - yes I still don't have a camera.

A short trip to Athens

On Monday I traveled to Athens for 3 days to visit my dad and we did a little tourism on a few sights I hadn't seen, the new museum of Acropolis and the National Gardens. I think if I lived there I'd probably visit the Garden all the time, it's not huge but we don't have many similar places here so it's good enough for me! Next day my friend Athena walked me around some places I had seen before and some I hadn't, and took some photos with my awful camera.

Some silly notes: I dyed my hair really dark - the sun and sea fade hair color so quickly so I went darker to last more months, and it's a little weird still, I hadn't had black hair since 2009! You see me wearing my Jelly shoes? Wrongest decision ever! With all the walking around I did, 5 hours later I ended up limping and it took one day for the pain to go away! (I still got blisters)

2 days in Rome

As I told you in a previous post, the past weekend I took a short trip to Rome with my boyfriend! It was rather short for a city so full of sights, but I don't complain! The main city is so small that we went everywhere on foot! In the end we were too tired to do anything else than lay on the bed dead tired but it was worth it!

Our hotel was in the center and all the sights are minutes away from one another! First on the line was Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain), then the Pantheon (I expected it a little bigger after Illuminati), then to Piazza Navona through the most beautiful little alleys full of small restaurants and flowers (YES I TOTALLY regret not taking photos of houses and alleys, it was too beautiful walking there!).




After a capuccino and a little rest we took the road to the Vatican, which is around 20 minutes on foot. Let me tell you, all their churches and all their fountains are masterpieces of art, there are so many of them that you get used to the beauty as if it's something normal..! The bridges across the river are just wonderful, especially the one leading to Castel Sant'Angelo (remembering the scene in Illuminati again) that has 10 magnificent angel statues each one holding instruments of Christ's Passion, all by Bernini.




And then to Saint Peter's Basilica. No matter how many photos and videos you see you'll never get that feeling of awe until you're in... I didn't take many photos of the inside because I was just looking at everything like hypnotised.



On Sunday, we only had around 4 hours before leaving for the airport, so our sightseeing was cut down to the Colloseum with the Arch of Constantine and seeing the Roman Forum from the Palatino hill (we didn't pay to go inside).




Even if it was only for 2 days, the fact that I was away and alone with my boy after so many months (and 2 years of not being able to take any trips together) made everything pefrect. Sorry for the image heavy post, I suppose you don't mind!!