27th July Firenze – Roma
At eleven in the morning we had our regional train from Florence to Rome. Although it was supposed to be an uncomfortable and slow train, we travelled comfortably and cheap. Actually, Italy has a quite good service of trains, especially because it is possible to find good offers to travel cheaper.The train station of Roma Termini was refurbished some years ago and now it looks like an airport.
We arrived at around 3 pm and the hot was almost unbearable. We had some time to go around before meeting Javier in the evening. Javier is a Spanish friend who was hosting us for the two days we were in Rome. Not knowing how to start visiting the city, we though that the best option was taking a tourist bus. Rome is huge and has so many things to see that this bus it is worth, at least it gives you an idea of the art dimension that the city holds.
On the bus we passed through the must-see of Rome: Piazza della Republica, Quirinale, Colosseo, Palatino, Circo Massimo Fori Romani, Bocca della Verità, Piazza Venezia, Piazza Navona, and we arrived to the Vatican.
While staying two days for visiting Florence is more than enough, unless you wish to visit all the museums, Rome is different, without intention to entering museums, it deserves several days to see it all. It was my second travel to Rome, but I should go again!
Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
Foro Romano
Colosseo
Castel San Angelo from Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
In Piazza San Pietro we almost had a bath in the fountains because it was too much hot. We wanted to go into the basilica. To get into there are a lot of controls, and they are very strict with the clothes that you are wearing, it is forbidden to show the shoulders for example, so I had to take my big foulard and cut it in two pieces and people around could make fun of our style, Aymy and me covering with a piece of cloth…
Inside the basilica we had the privilege to attend a Misa, it is not like I am a religious person, but I considered it as something special.
San Pietro basilica
Anyways, after the religious moment 
we continued our tour in the tourist bus: Castel San Angelo, Piaza Cavour, Fiume Tevere, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Augusto Imperatore, Piazza Barberini and Via Vittorio Veneto.
We arrived exhausted to Termini where Javier was already waiting for us accompanied by Raffaelle and Manolo (It is not necessary to say that they are Italian and Spanish ).
Javier apartment was close to Termini and just a few steps form Coliseo, and he is so privileged, because the place was great, totally decorated and in the heart of Rome.
We stayed for a while resting and chatting (mixture of Spanish, Italian with some English).
In the night Ayman and me went for a walk around, we were not far to Fontana di Trevi, so we went to throw the coin. Then along Via del Corso arrived to Piazza Venezia and the great Monumento a Vittorio Emanuelle II. This monument is probably what impresses me more of Rome. Next there we found a fountain and decide to have a small bath. Maybe we had the best moment of the trip, deep conversations with our feet inside the water. Then we strolled around the Coliseum and went to a terrace where Javier and Manolo were waiting for us to drink something.
