Nice one, centurian
How nice is Rome?
I was massively impressed with the place. It helped starting the holiday by being deposited into one of the most impressive hotels I've ever seen - The Aleph, where we were promptly fed and watered.
While TOH headed off into a meeting room to discuss printers and ink cartridges, I took the lift downstairs and made good use of the basement spa. Steam room, plunge pool and chill out room.
After such relaxing activities (for me at least) we headed off to the Tivoli Fountain and the Spanish Steps. Fountain was spectacular but steps only 'interesting'.
Our hosts took us to a lovely wine-based restaurant in the evening by coach, via some more sights (there is something amazing pretty much on every street corner) and TOH and I walked back to the hotel via the Tivoli Fountain again by night. You can smell it a couple of streets away!
The next day was just the best thing ever. A guided tour of the Forum and the Coliseum. Our guide was a PhD in Roman history and was extremely informative. We had such a good day. The Romans really were a great race.
And the piece de resistance - a guided tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel with no other tourists there. Wow. There was only about 25 of us in the Sistine Chapel. We had all the magnificent Michelangelos to ourselves. Absolutely stunning.
And of course all the riches and artwork - Botticelli, Raphael etc - that the popes over the years have commissioned or collected.
Another great meal in the evening, drinks down on the banks of the Tiber in the shadow of the Bridge of Angels and eventually to bed.
Sunday, we flew home.
Top place Rome. So much more to see that another trip will be required.
And thanks Hewlett Packard. While you are sacking thousends of staff, you sure know how to run a jolly!
UPDATE I have had my wrists slapped by TOH for not mentioning the wonderful Roman cats, which hang around Largo Argentina. They were very cute, especially the tabby with huge eyes who looked just like Puss In Boots from Shrek II. You can adopt these cats, if you want.
I was massively impressed with the place. It helped starting the holiday by being deposited into one of the most impressive hotels I've ever seen - The Aleph, where we were promptly fed and watered.
While TOH headed off into a meeting room to discuss printers and ink cartridges, I took the lift downstairs and made good use of the basement spa. Steam room, plunge pool and chill out room.
After such relaxing activities (for me at least) we headed off to the Tivoli Fountain and the Spanish Steps. Fountain was spectacular but steps only 'interesting'.
Our hosts took us to a lovely wine-based restaurant in the evening by coach, via some more sights (there is something amazing pretty much on every street corner) and TOH and I walked back to the hotel via the Tivoli Fountain again by night. You can smell it a couple of streets away!
The next day was just the best thing ever. A guided tour of the Forum and the Coliseum. Our guide was a PhD in Roman history and was extremely informative. We had such a good day. The Romans really were a great race.
And the piece de resistance - a guided tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel with no other tourists there. Wow. There was only about 25 of us in the Sistine Chapel. We had all the magnificent Michelangelos to ourselves. Absolutely stunning.
And of course all the riches and artwork - Botticelli, Raphael etc - that the popes over the years have commissioned or collected.
Another great meal in the evening, drinks down on the banks of the Tiber in the shadow of the Bridge of Angels and eventually to bed.
Sunday, we flew home.
Top place Rome. So much more to see that another trip will be required.
And thanks Hewlett Packard. While you are sacking thousends of staff, you sure know how to run a jolly!
UPDATE I have had my wrists slapped by TOH for not mentioning the wonderful Roman cats, which hang around Largo Argentina. They were very cute, especially the tabby with huge eyes who looked just like Puss In Boots from Shrek II. You can adopt these cats, if you want.
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