St. Peter Square and BasilicaWe reached Rome at 12pm and the first place we visited in Rome was St. Peter's Square. Saint Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal encalve within Rome.
The bus that we used to travel round Rome..
The guards of the square....
This is the view of Rome from the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica. This was not captured by me because I do not have a wide angle lense.... sigh, shall get one soon!!!! If you look at this picture first, you will then know how's the structure like from the St Peter's Square to the city of Rome! Really artistic the Europeans.... amazing!
St. Peter Basilica...officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano. It occupies a "unique position" as one of the holiest sites and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".
The open space which lies before the Basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".
Lining up to enter the world's largest church, St. Peter Basilica.
With the Italian tour guide... Look at the pictures below and they were all the interior of St. Peter's Basilica. So awesome....can Malaysians craft till this level????
Colosseum
After St. Peter's Square, we moved on to Colosseum or Roman Coliseum (Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.
Checking out for the sourvenirs first.... before entering the ground of Coloseo...
Originally capable of seating around 80,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. As well as the gladiatorial games, other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.
The sunset view of Rome from Colosseum.... this will be my wallpaper for 1 month. Hahaha.... Sunset at Italy was as early as 5pm. Therefore, this Rome trip was quite rush as we had to finished all before the sunset. Otherwise our pics will be in low quality!!!
Trevi Fountain
Next destination was Trevi Fountain, (Italian: Fontana di Trevi).
The fountain at the junction of three roads (tre vie) marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome.
Drinking the pure virgin water...
The fountain is filled with coins, and this was actually a traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome. Haha... But, I'm not that silly enough to throw my coins inside, better use it for Gelato rite??? Haha....
6pm and it was already dark. Temperature at Rome was still acceptable, approximately 8-10 degrees, you can still go without the really thick winter jacket if you have lots of fat to burn, like me... haha.
First night in Italy and we had chinese food for dinner =.="
Well, we had chinese food for the rest of our days except on the 2nd day, the one and only one Italian dinner. 2 reasons given by the tour guide why Chinese food for dinner:
1) Cheap
2) Fast
Acceptable??? Haha....
The hotel that we stayed in Rome...*took this picture on the next morning because we reached the hotel at night, and my camera's quality was not good enough to capture a nice night view hotel* =D
This was actually the bowl not to pee/poo, but for you to clean *them after your pee/poo.. Hahaha....
