The trip was an adventure in everyway, we (Brody, his american teammate Chris and I) left Lugano at 730 am on Monday local time and jumped on the train to Milan, we had about a 25 minute wait until we boarding the Eurostar (high speed train) to Rome. The train took about an hour from Lugano to Milano and about 3 1/2 to Roma termini. The eurostar train stopped in Bologna and Firenze (Florence which we would visit two days later). The train system is very efficient, and is linked all throughout Europe, our 5 hour journeyvia train is a 8-10 hr drive and gas prices in Europe are 1.40 or higher per liter.
We arrived in Rome, at the famous Roma termini train station (just about any train in Europe has a train ending up in Rome) we had no hotel reservations or plans of any kind (other than seeing as much as possible of rome in 2 days). We walked through the station to find a chinese asking us if we needed a place to stay, we responded yes we were looking for the cheapest available. Her and her husband owned a 5th story apartment about 5 minutes from the train station and for 25 euro a piece (about $40 U.S. ) we got our own private room with three beds. We booked it for two nights and set out on our adventures.
We arrived in Rome, at the famous Roma termini train station (just about any train in Europe has a train ending up in Rome) we had no hotel reservations or plans of any kind (other than seeing as much as possible of rome in 2 days). We walked through the station to find a chinese asking us if we needed a place to stay, we responded yes we were looking for the cheapest available. Her and her husband owned a 5th story apartment about 5 minutes from the train station and for 25 euro a piece (about $40 U.S. ) we got our own private room with three beds. We booked it for two nights and set out on our adventures.
Our trek to the Colleseo began, we walked through the Roman districts one by one, with its narrow streets and multicolored buildings. I thought of what it would be like to live in Ancient Rome and how horrific of a place it would be as a Christian. We arived at the Colliseum after grabbing a bruscetta and salad lunch and a 15 minute walk. The Colliseum was unbelieveable, we paid for a tour of the entire historic landmark. The history of this site, the gladiator games (which the tour guide asked brody and i to act out) persecution of the Christians, etc. This would be a continuing theme throughout our trip, rich in history, amazing stories, etc.
We continued our tour through europe by walking to the ruins, the Roman forum, Capitoline Hill, Piazza Navona, The Palatine hill, Baths of Diocletian, Trajan's market.a few enormous churches, and one of my personal favorites the Pantheon.
The Ruins of Rome
Capitoline Hill
Trevi Fountain 
inside the Pantheon
outside the PantheonMORE PICS TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH DAY 2 OF ROME
LOVE U ALL
-Dust
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