The flight to Rome went fairly smoothly. When I use the word 'smoothly', I mean that there were no dramas. Not 'smooth' in the literal sense becasue we hit about 3hrs of turbulance! I still managed to sleep though that, though, mainly becasue I watched "Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and it was that awful. I also failed to complete "Inception", which is a shame, it's suppose to be amazing. I did watch "Gulliver's Travel's" as a light morning entertainment pick me up, and "Harry Potter 7.1". Seriously. The food went down alright, and I was like an excited child every time that I saw the food trolley, as that meant that i was getting fed. I was able to sleep quite a bit, mainly because it was dark outside. And the most beautiful sight I have so far seen was when i woke up from slumber and looked out side the window of the plain only to see a sunrise beginning. Half of the sky was black, pitch black, and there was a bright orange line that cut the sky in two, that faded into m rning light. It was beautiful. It was a sight that justified being awake.
Sono Arriviata a Roma alle 3. The rest of the afternooon awaited my footsteps, despite the fact tha it was raining when we arrived. After arriving at Hostel Beautiful 2, and also approx. 22hours of air time, I thought it apprpriate to freshen up before my exploration of this city. With an annotated map in hand, Mum and Set our sights on finding some monuments. It did not seem plausible that finding a handful of them would take us 5hours.
Now, I'm not even going to suggest that my orienteering skill rival that of a boy scout, so I is reasonalble to think that in a foreign city I am bound to go a little wayward... Little is an exaggeration! The first wrong turn happened when we left our hostel, but at 4ish in the afternoon, and when it was daylight, wandering was not really an issue. During the daylight we were 'exploring'. Our 'exploring', did though, take us through streets and piazze that we would otherwise not have discovered. So it was really quite nice finding hidden places, and it was more exciting when we finially found the places that we went serching for.
First up was the Piazza della Repubblica and Santa maria degli Angeli. The Organ in the Chiesa was enormous! It was probably as big as the front wall in Wilson Hall at uni with the wierd fish-man on it. Really, it was. The Piazza Collona had a huge column covered in a sculptured panorama of images, that wound down (maybe up) the column. It really was ginormous. Later that night, from the Spanish steps we were able to see the statue on the top of the column sitting above the all the other buildings of Rome. We found a Maccas sign that led us to the Fontana di Trevi, and we were able to find it. Mum really liked it and I gave her tre coins to throw in. I have already been to there before, and I started to notice the detail of the fountain. I have found that with a lot of Roma, actually, that I am seeing so much more. It may also be that I have studied the language, culture, and history, that it has become more meaningful, and that i understand the finer aspects of ancient art and architecture. I'm more focused on the wine leaves that have been sculpured out of the marble around the edge as decoration, and the little details that would have taken a lot of concentration and precision. I do love ancient Roman arcitecture and art, and it is nice to be back in Roma and understanding so much more than last time.
Sono Arriviata a Roma alle 3. The rest of the afternooon awaited my footsteps, despite the fact tha it was raining when we arrived. After arriving at Hostel Beautiful 2, and also approx. 22hours of air time, I thought it apprpriate to freshen up before my exploration of this city. With an annotated map in hand, Mum and Set our sights on finding some monuments. It did not seem plausible that finding a handful of them would take us 5hours.
Now, I'm not even going to suggest that my orienteering skill rival that of a boy scout, so I is reasonalble to think that in a foreign city I am bound to go a little wayward... Little is an exaggeration! The first wrong turn happened when we left our hostel, but at 4ish in the afternoon, and when it was daylight, wandering was not really an issue. During the daylight we were 'exploring'. Our 'exploring', did though, take us through streets and piazze that we would otherwise not have discovered. So it was really quite nice finding hidden places, and it was more exciting when we finially found the places that we went serching for.
First up was the Piazza della Repubblica and Santa maria degli Angeli. The Organ in the Chiesa was enormous! It was probably as big as the front wall in Wilson Hall at uni with the wierd fish-man on it. Really, it was. The Piazza Collona had a huge column covered in a sculptured panorama of images, that wound down (maybe up) the column. It really was ginormous. Later that night, from the Spanish steps we were able to see the statue on the top of the column sitting above the all the other buildings of Rome. We found a Maccas sign that led us to the Fontana di Trevi, and we were able to find it. Mum really liked it and I gave her tre coins to throw in. I have already been to there before, and I started to notice the detail of the fountain. I have found that with a lot of Roma, actually, that I am seeing so much more. It may also be that I have studied the language, culture, and history, that it has become more meaningful, and that i understand the finer aspects of ancient art and architecture. I'm more focused on the wine leaves that have been sculpured out of the marble around the edge as decoration, and the little details that would have taken a lot of concentration and precision. I do love ancient Roman arcitecture and art, and it is nice to be back in Roma and understanding so much more than last time.
**Editing note**
I am shit with technology, so I lost half of this... ok, it was probablly only about one third, but still, that is a lot of working missing.
So, the things that happened (I will do my best to remember; it was a while ago now):
After a long walk up Via Condotti, we arrived at the Piazza Spangola at twilight. We were very exhausted after our flights and after a pommeriggio of walking and exploring. We climbed all the way to the top and had a magnificent view of the city; many buildings protruded the skyline. I was getting tired, but still wanted to find more things, but Mother insisted on returning to the hostel for bed time. The only thing was that bedtime was quite sometime away...
I thought that I turned the correct way from the Spanish steps, but after a while, when I located Piazza del Popolo on the map, i realised that we were on the complete opposite side of the city than where we wanted to be! Seeing more monuments would have been great, if we weren't so tired! We ended up finding the best route, after a long consultation with la mappa, and took the long road to the centre of the town. Here we discovered a il Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II. I went through my photos earlier this evening and discovered one of this monument for that dreaded night, and it really was a more stunning sight. From the daytime, it is not so nice, but with lights gleaming on it's pristine, white facade, it is simply marvellous.
Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II much more beautiful at night
Finally, after only one more wrong turn, down Via dei Fori, Via Cavour, took us home, and by 1030, we were alseep.
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