On Friday afternoon I caught a train to Rome to meet up with my family! Everyone's here except Linds. They planned their trip to go Rome, Florence, Lucca and from Lucca to visit a few other places. I stayed with them at Hotel Torino right by the train station. When I got there we didn't have time to do muc
h so we just went out to dinner at the same restaurant I went to in Campo di Fiori a few months before. It was decent this time around. We got nutella crepes afterward and by then they were so tired from jet lag we just went back to the hotel. The next morning we did a tour of the city on our own, and I couldn't believe how much I remembered from the first time I was there. Around 2 we met up with a private tourguide and went to Vatican City which I missed the first time around. We saw the Sistene Chapel which is soo much bigger than I thought it would be. Our guide was great and gave us so much information. We saw St. Peter's Church and the Pope's apartment. Then we all headed over to the Colosseum where she gave us a quick tour of that. My entire family was so into the Roman history, we ended up walking through the Forum and around the ruins. We found a restaurant for dinner that night that my dad's cousin who's a pilot recommended called Gioia Mia. It was a little hole in the wall but it was great and it was really close to our hotel. The next morning my dad and brothers went to the Palatine and the ruins again while my mom and I shopped. I got some cute bags and sandals from Zara :) Then we got a crepe and met back up with the rest of the family. The next morning we all left for Florence on the train. I showed them around a bit and we ended up running into a designer for Hermes who also has his own leather line and he dragged us to his shop which is right by the Ponte Vecchio. The man was hilarious and lived in the US f
or 12 years but he had the funniest, gay Italian accent when he spoke English. I made a reservation at Acqua al 2 for Monday night so we went there and everyone loved it. Tonight we're going to La Congrega and I think they'll really like that also. They visited the Uffizi and Accademia today while I was at class, and in between my classes I brought them up to San Miniato al Monte which is this incredible church on a hill overlooking the city which has a pretty graveyard. When we got there the monks were all inside chanting, it was so eerie. But they had a really busy day so hopefully dinner will be nice and relaxing!
h so we just went out to dinner at the same restaurant I went to in Campo di Fiori a few months before. It was decent this time around. We got nutella crepes afterward and by then they were so tired from jet lag we just went back to the hotel. The next morning we did a tour of the city on our own, and I couldn't believe how much I remembered from the first time I was there. Around 2 we met up with a private tourguide and went to Vatican City which I missed the first time around. We saw the Sistene Chapel which is soo much bigger than I thought it would be. Our guide was great and gave us so much information. We saw St. Peter's Church and the Pope's apartment. Then we all headed over to the Colosseum where she gave us a quick tour of that. My entire family was so into the Roman history, we ended up walking through the Forum and around the ruins. We found a restaurant for dinner that night that my dad's cousin who's a pilot recommended called Gioia Mia. It was a little hole in the wall but it was great and it was really close to our hotel. The next morning my dad and brothers went to the Palatine and the ruins again while my mom and I shopped. I got some cute bags and sandals from Zara :) Then we got a crepe and met back up with the rest of the family. The next morning we all left for Florence on the train. I showed them around a bit and we ended up running into a designer for Hermes who also has his own leather line and he dragged us to his shop which is right by the Ponte Vecchio. The man was hilarious and lived in the US f
or 12 years but he had the funniest, gay Italian accent when he spoke English. I made a reservation at Acqua al 2 for Monday night so we went there and everyone loved it. Tonight we're going to La Congrega and I think they'll really like that also. They visited the Uffizi and Accademia today while I was at class, and in between my classes I brought them up to San Miniato al Monte which is this incredible church on a hill overlooking the city which has a pretty graveyard. When we got there the monks were all inside chanting, it was so eerie. But they had a really busy day so hopefully dinner will be nice and relaxing!
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