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Okay so we arrived in Rome late in the afternoon of Friday 27th June, and again we were staying at a campsite that Busabout aligned themselves with. Which is good for us, as we get dropped off and picked up from our accommodation!
The next 2 days in Rome were to be completely jam packed with sightseeing, and would be one of the highlights of the trip. Saturday was spent at Vatican City, where we went on a guided walking tour of Vatican City, the Vatican Art Museums, the Sistene Chapel (which was bloody amazing, decked out with Michaelangelo's artwork), the Catacombs (basically houses the tombs of all the deceased Popes) and St Peter's Basillica (the largest church in Europe). As amazing as this all was, it was bloody hot, compounded by the fact we had to wear long pants to get into all the chapels and churches, and so we may not have enjoyed it as much as otherwise. Awesome nonetheless.
After Vatican City, we jumped on the train and made our way to the Colosseum. Even though its basically just ruins now, it was incredible to see this amazing structure. To think this was built in the first century A.D. is hard to fathom. Which is much like alot of the buildings and relics still in Rome, which we saw on Sunday on our guided walking tour of Rome.
This tour was also amazing, and the tour guide was an American History Student living in Rome, who was absolutely hilarious! Anyway we saw such sights as the Circus Maximus (an ancient chariot racing track), Palentine Hill (ancient relics of the Roman Emporers' palaces), the Forum, the Pantheon (an absolutely unbelievable church), and many other ancient buildings with plenty of stories behind them. I don't think I could do it justice by trying to describe it!!!
Each of the 3 nights we spent in Rome we stayed at the camping grounds as we spent all day sightseeing and walking around in the heat, which took it out of us. So we relaxed in our room drinking $3 bottles of Italian wine!!!! Anyway, we checked out on Monday 27th June and headed for Florence.
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