After hours of compressing the photos (Microsoft Office Picture Manager is always not responding..) and the selecting process…here are the photos from ROME the city full of history..

Begining of the journey… started off our day with a cup of coffee in the train..So little space to move about in the Couchettes…Budget Travellers…

After checking in in the hotel, went sight seeing straight away cos we dont hav much time in Rome.. so our first stop is.. The Famous Spanish Steps..(one of the few places that are in ‘Triump In The Skies’..the flowers were blooming very nicely.. went up all the way to the top and walked down again.. so thats it for the Spanish Steps..

Next stop.. Fontana De Trevi.. (Lek ar, very near only la.. how come cant find??) it was so glaring (bright sunny day) the photos didnt turn out nicely… so we decided to come bk later at nite..

Continue our venture and the nex place on our list is the ‘Monument a Vittorio Emanuele II ‘ Its situated jus beside the road on the way to Foro Romano..

Then across the road from the monument its ‘Foro Triano’… Its amazing to know how this place looks like ages ago and how it is now..

Further up the across the road again its ‘Foro Romano’ the very famous place where its flooded with tourist from everywhere.. after all the distruction, most of the buildings are left with blocks of stones that made up the buildings.. amazing how they builded this place in the ancient times..

With my travel mate, Esther in front of ‘Foro Romano’

The first Olympic Stadium, Colosseo(in Italiano)

This is the place i liked the most apart from Fontana De Trevi.. i like the curves and the building itself..

I never knew that there was an underground area in the Colosseo.. they had platforms and covered it with sand for the games..strong platforms they had right??

Next we travelled by bus all the way to San Petrio to visit the famous place where the Pope stayed.. its was full of people as well and we got to know that there will be a concert later that evening so the Basilica will be closed at 6pm..(checked our watches..opps.. almost 5..n look at the Q…how r we gonna get in..??) but we managed our way thru n went to Pope John Pauls II’s Tomb..after the long wait this is the only pic we can get..its a tourist attraction now.. not so much of respect showed from the tourist.. its a sad thing…this is supposed to be a holy place eh..

On the way out got a snap of the guard (not allowed to take photo with them) eventually it is said that all this ppl working are Swiss…

Later that nite, we went bk to Fontana De Trevi to get some nice pic.. Desperate to hav some nice pic of this famous place.. walk walk walk.. n finally..a better view of the fountain..

And then walk walk walk all the way to Coloseo as i saw Lek’s night shot in Colosseo was really nice..(‘i have to get the night shot’ i said to myself even b4 i reach Rome..) Here.. i’m a happy gurl now..

So thats it for a day in Rome.. there are many places that i couldnt get to.. should hav stayed longer so can visit more places.. but no $$ tak cukup.. and its also peak season no hotels.. (we actually plan to stay for two nights but cant arranged anything that suit our timing..)

More photos of Rome will be uploaded in the Gallery..