Roma --> Brussels
What a trip this was! I would have to say it was the best trip so far. What an incredible city with the incredible sites, the vibrant culture, the magnificent architecture and a nightlife that keeps you up till the early hours of the morning.
We flew in from Belgium and arrived Tuesday night. Once we got settled in we decided to check out the other hostel's bar for a few drinks. We had a few with a couple British girls and decided to end the night early because we had to be at Vatican city bright and early.
After getting through the Vatican line that stretched down the block and around the corner we finally got in. What an incredible place this was. I haven't ever seen so many sculptures under one roof. Check out the photo's for yourself, the place is beautiful. Now I know why this Michelangelo guy is so famous...
Once we finished checking out the Vatican we went to the Vatican square (Or should I say circle?). We were wondering why there were camera's, giant tv screens and a large crowd forming in the front. We went to check it out and it turned out the Pope was doing a service! Haha, we just happened walk into it. Talk about dumb luck or what.
The rest of the day we walked around the Northern part of Rome central. We saw a lot of cool cathedrals, castles and bridges. It's easy to tell these Romans are all about the aesthetics. After we were done walking around for the whole day we decided to get some free pasta at the hostel and have some drinks with some Aussie's we met.
Thursday we unexpectedly slept in but we were still able to see the Colloseum. What a cool monument this is. Not only the Colloseum but the whole area around it. The old government buildings, Circus Maximus, Fountain Di Trevi, the Pantheon, some of the first Christian churches and the Ruins. Just to imagine everything that happened in that little area is hard to take at once.
That night we decided to check out the different bars around Rome. What better way to do this than an pub crawl? And no surprise here, the pub crawl did not disappoint. We started out with all the beer you can drink in an hour. By the time we were heading to the next bar there was this huge fight that broke out between some Americans guys (Surprise, surprise) and some Italian guys. Ended up with an Italian guy through a window. Overall, quite entertaining...oh and poor Italian guy....fighting's bad... *cough* *cough*
We went out to two other really cool bars. The bars are definately a lot smaller in Rome but are still a lot of fun. We partied with some fun girls from Waterloo. Looks like East Canada can knock 'em back too...
The next day we planned to check out a few more sights we hadn't seen yet. As we were walking there we happened to run into a giant Italian student riot. Cool! There had to be a good 5,000 students protesting about a whole bunch 'o stuff. Seemed more like an excuse to drink during the day but gay rights and saving Tibet is important too. There were a whole bunch of riot police on both sides of the riot pretty much making sure nothing gets out of control. They had big cannisters of tear gas but it didn't look like they were going to use 'em. They even had the chopper over the riot which seemed a little unnecessary but you can never trust those Italian youth....
That night we met some really cool Swedish guys. We went with them to meet some people in the student area of Rome. Now this is a great place to party. It's pretty much a square full of student bars and this place was all students. Tons of Americans too. Seemed like the majority were American. No caomplaints, just thought it was a little weird. We checked some really cool bars and the Swedish guys showcased us their 'different' dance moves. I never knew someone's back could bend that way...
The last day in Rome we checked out some smaller sites and we did some shopping. Nothing really to eventful. We flew into Brussels that night and checked into our hostel. We were dead tired and decieded to hit up some sleep despite it being a Saturday night. Sad yes, I know.
The next day we bought some infamous Belgian chocolates and checked some of the nice Belgian cathedrals and the old town square. Brussels is a beautiful city but the rain wasn't giving us much incentive to stick around that long. Especially being used to 20+ degree weather for the past 4 days. So we headed back to Maastricht to cap off another eventful trip...
Kean
We flew in from Belgium and arrived Tuesday night. Once we got settled in we decided to check out the other hostel's bar for a few drinks. We had a few with a couple British girls and decided to end the night early because we had to be at Vatican city bright and early.
After getting through the Vatican line that stretched down the block and around the corner we finally got in. What an incredible place this was. I haven't ever seen so many sculptures under one roof. Check out the photo's for yourself, the place is beautiful. Now I know why this Michelangelo guy is so famous...
Once we finished checking out the Vatican we went to the Vatican square (Or should I say circle?). We were wondering why there were camera's, giant tv screens and a large crowd forming in the front. We went to check it out and it turned out the Pope was doing a service! Haha, we just happened walk into it. Talk about dumb luck or what.
The rest of the day we walked around the Northern part of Rome central. We saw a lot of cool cathedrals, castles and bridges. It's easy to tell these Romans are all about the aesthetics. After we were done walking around for the whole day we decided to get some free pasta at the hostel and have some drinks with some Aussie's we met.
Thursday we unexpectedly slept in but we were still able to see the Colloseum. What a cool monument this is. Not only the Colloseum but the whole area around it. The old government buildings, Circus Maximus, Fountain Di Trevi, the Pantheon, some of the first Christian churches and the Ruins. Just to imagine everything that happened in that little area is hard to take at once.
That night we decided to check out the different bars around Rome. What better way to do this than an pub crawl? And no surprise here, the pub crawl did not disappoint. We started out with all the beer you can drink in an hour. By the time we were heading to the next bar there was this huge fight that broke out between some Americans guys (Surprise, surprise) and some Italian guys. Ended up with an Italian guy through a window. Overall, quite entertaining...oh and poor Italian guy....fighting's bad... *cough* *cough*
We went out to two other really cool bars. The bars are definately a lot smaller in Rome but are still a lot of fun. We partied with some fun girls from Waterloo. Looks like East Canada can knock 'em back too...
The next day we planned to check out a few more sights we hadn't seen yet. As we were walking there we happened to run into a giant Italian student riot. Cool! There had to be a good 5,000 students protesting about a whole bunch 'o stuff. Seemed more like an excuse to drink during the day but gay rights and saving Tibet is important too. There were a whole bunch of riot police on both sides of the riot pretty much making sure nothing gets out of control. They had big cannisters of tear gas but it didn't look like they were going to use 'em. They even had the chopper over the riot which seemed a little unnecessary but you can never trust those Italian youth....
That night we met some really cool Swedish guys. We went with them to meet some people in the student area of Rome. Now this is a great place to party. It's pretty much a square full of student bars and this place was all students. Tons of Americans too. Seemed like the majority were American. No caomplaints, just thought it was a little weird. We checked some really cool bars and the Swedish guys showcased us their 'different' dance moves. I never knew someone's back could bend that way...
The last day in Rome we checked out some smaller sites and we did some shopping. Nothing really to eventful. We flew into Brussels that night and checked into our hostel. We were dead tired and decieded to hit up some sleep despite it being a Saturday night. Sad yes, I know.
The next day we bought some infamous Belgian chocolates and checked some of the nice Belgian cathedrals and the old town square. Brussels is a beautiful city but the rain wasn't giving us much incentive to stick around that long. Especially being used to 20+ degree weather for the past 4 days. So we headed back to Maastricht to cap off another eventful trip...
Kean
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