http://www.holidays-revealed.com/forum/forum/ http://www.eblah.com en http://www.holidays-revealed.com/forum/forum/m-1218487797/ http://www.holidays-revealed.com/forum/forum/m-1218487797/#num1 1) Arrive at Rome Ciampino airport apx 9;30am and then get a dedicated return bus into Rome city dropping of  next  to train sation.
2) Buy a bus ticket  from paper stand and  take a local bus thru busy streets  to St Peters  Basillica.
3) Sit and eat my sandwiches take pictures  before walking around St Peters itself, don't try to visit the Vatican you need  4 days to see it all and dont try  to walk up the  dome if u are  a bit overweight.
4) Leave   St Peters  and walk  straight ahead  to the  River Tibre  passing the numerous  cheap street sellers, watch out  all over Rome for many  forms  of beggers.
5) Walked passed the Pantheon and on up to the Trevie Fountain threw my coins into it to  ensure i return again. The song "Three coins in the fountain" comes  from this tradition incase u  didn't  know.
6) Stopped  for  a drink and souvenirs as I walked back down to the  Plaza Venizia and the massive Monument  Victor Emanuelle  which overlooked the  old roman Forum.
7) Walk  beside the forum towards the Colloseum in front of me and then paid my €10 entry to look inside and walk around and marvel at what it would of  been like.
8 ) Used the  metro across the road and took two trains  to the Spanish Steps and had an early evening mingle with the  students whilst having a drink.
9 Make way back by metro to the  main line station to catch the return bus at 19:30 to the airport....  boom boom back at  Stansted  23:30 and tehn a  90 car ride home.

You cant see Rome in a day......  But i saw a good  bit of it ..   A bit hurried  for some people ]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:49:57 Eurotreker