So this sunday I'm traveling to Italy with my mom and my brother:D:cool:

(the trip is orgonised by my school so we're going to be a group)

 

It's for 10 days so if anyone have advices or something:)

 

 

 

(I'll post pictures here too)

cool :awesome:

I'm gonna do that too with my school when I'm 17 or 18 :D

Which cities exactly?

Eat lots of pizza and pasta!:rolleyes:

HOW LUCKY!!!!:bigcry:

 

have tons of fun Micha!

you should bring home an Italian Gigolo :cheesy:

Which cities exactly?

 

Rome-Florence-Pompei-Capri-Venice

 

 

Eat lots of pizza and pasta!:rolleyes:

 

Why do you think I'm going?!:P

(Althought we have excelents pizzas and pasta in Lebanon:cool:)

Hm. Hopefully you'll read this before you leave. Some tips for Rome (besides the obvious tourist attractions like the forum romanum and the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Villa Borghese etc etc, which you also must visit if you've got the time):

 

- Capuchin Crypt, Via Veneto 27

This is a bit dark and morbid, but very interesting to see. It's a small six room crypt where Capuchin monks nailed bones of dead monks are nailed to the wall in various patterns. Each room has its own function and theme. It'll cost you half an hour at most and entry is by donation so if you're in the neighbourhood this is definitely worth a visit. The crypt is near Barberini square and it's more or less in the centre of the city.

 

Il Gesu (close to the forum romanum and Trevi) and Sant'Ignazio (Piazza di Sant'Ignazio, near Trevi fountain) are beautiful baroque churches with frescos on the walls and ceilings that look as real as anything. Especially Sant'Ignazio is very interesting to visit, because one of the frescos depicts a dome and from certain points in the church (a lot, actually), the dome looks real, even though the ceiling is flat as a pancake.

 

Santa Maria in Trastevere (Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere) is perhaps one of the oldest churches in Europe and probably one of the first churches in Rome where mass was openly celebrated. The mosaics are very much worth seeing. Oh, and they have a part of the holy sponge, which Jesus apparently used to.. drink from (no bathing). :tongue:

 

Santa Maria in Cosmedin (Piazza della Bocca della Verità) - forget the church (I don't actually mean that, the church is lovely), stick your hand in the Bocca della Verita and hope you'll get it back. :D

 

The Vatican Museums, the Capitoline Museums and Villa Borghese are also good places to visit if you're interested in the classics. If you're lacking time, go for Borghese.

 

 

Pompeii is awesome if you have a good guide (it's a VERY big place). Keep an eye out for the whore house, it's funny. :nice:

Rome-Florence-Pompei-Capri-Venice

 

 

 

 

Why do you think I'm going?!:P

(Althought we have excelents pizzas and pasta in Lebanon:cool:)

 

I'm sure you do - but Italy is the home of pizza and pasta!!:P

^I guess so:D

 

 

Hm. Hopefully you'll read this before you leave. Some tips for Rome (besides the obvious tourist attractions like the forum romanum and the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Villa Borghese etc etc, which you also must visit if you've got the time):

 

- Capuchin Crypt, Via Veneto 27

This is a bit dark and morbid, but very interesting to see. It's a small six room crypt where Capuchin monks nailed bones of dead monks are nailed to the wall in various patterns. Each room has its own function and theme. It'll cost you half an hour at most and entry is by donation so if you're in the neighbourhood this is definitely worth a visit. The crypt is near Barberini square and it's more or less in the centre of the city.

 

Il Gesu (close to the forum romanum and Trevi) and Sant'Ignazio (Piazza di Sant'Ignazio, near Trevi fountain) are beautiful baroque churches with frescos on the walls and ceilings that look as real as anything. Especially Sant'Ignazio is very interesting to visit, because one of the frescos depicts a dome and from certain points in the church (a lot, actually), the dome looks real, even though the ceiling is flat as a pancake.

 

Santa Maria in Trastevere (Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere) is perhaps one of the oldest churches in Europe and probably one of the first churches in Rome where mass was openly celebrated. The mosaics are very much worth seeing. Oh, and they have a part of the holy sponge, which Jesus apparently used to.. drink from (no bathing). :tongue:

 

Santa Maria in Cosmedin (Piazza della Bocca della Verità) - forget the church (I don't actually mean that, the church is lovely), stick your hand in the Bocca della Verita and hope you'll get it back. :D

 

The Vatican Museums, the Capitoline Museums and Villa Borghese are also good places to visit if you're interested in the classics. If you're lacking time, go for Borghese.

 

 

Pompeii is awesome if you have a good guide (it's a VERY big place). Keep an eye out for the whore house, it's funny. :nice:

 

Thank you so much this will sure be helpfull :kiss:

wow, lucky you! :)

Make sure to go the Pantheon too! And Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps, Cola St... etc, that's for Rome.

 

Florence is fiiilled with amazing architecture too and it's all so close to each other so it'd be easy to find them, like El Duomo (Florence Cathedral), Founding Hospital, several Palazzos.. etc

 

Pompei is just awesome. It's awesome to get lost in too! It's like a maze :wacky:

 

Aand well for Venice, as touristy it is, it's beautiful. What we did there is that we got a hotel very close to the train station and on the first day we took one of the boats in front of the train station to go to directly to S. Marco (which is amaazing!) and we walked back through the middle island, so we'd experience Ponte de Rialto (the famous bridge) and also the surrounding island is pretty interesting to visit too. Venice is lovely to walk around in and it's not that tiring! Don't forget to go on the Gondoala too of course hehe

 

Just enjoy your time there, it should be a lot of fun :nice:

Make sure whenever you pay for something you get a receipt

In Rome you have to pay to sit at a sidewalk cafe. It's ridiculous. :inquisitive:

:uhoh: i don't know, i heard it's a crowded city. ^^

^^WHAT?! anw thanks I'll pay attention!

 

^^^Ok! thanks

 

^^^^ thanks too I think I'll visit them on free days if we don't do it with the guides!

 

 

I've just finished preparations the plane is at 6am (we must be in the airport at 3am:S)

ok so now i'm in florence i can't tell you more details right now i'll do it when i'm back but i can tell you that florence is way better than rome . Tomorrow i'll be in venise

^wow Micha you're so lucky:D what school are you in again?? is it ST Joseph? sounds like you're having a great time:nice: i can't wait to see your pictures of the architecture in Florence, the Spanish steps, St Marcus.........:heart:

yes S. Joseph(Antoura)

 

pictures coming soon

 

btw I'm back Rome wasn't very good but it's not thet bad we had a lot of fun

 

Florence was extraordinaire my mother and my brother lost me there even I was with the group and then I went back to the hotel.

And we ate something fantastic at Zaza restorant.

 

Venize was just fantastic we went to St. Marcus it was very good.

 

anw I have to sleep I'll continue about Venize tomorrow with pictures

you should bring home an Italian Gigolo :cheesy:

 

:wink3: Haha! :lol:

ok so now i'm in florence i can't tell you more details right now i'll do it when i'm back but i can tell you that florence is way better than rome . Tomorrow i'll be in venise

 

Lucky you! I visited Florence last year on a school art trip around Italy. It was amazing, I would love to go to Florence again. I hope you have better weather that I did last year, :sunny: it rained for the whole week. :bigcry: