Rome, The Vatican City and Pisa

Throughout the 5 days we've spent in Rome we've seen a lot! The Vatican City and the Vatican Museum, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Temple of Hadrian, Colonna Traiana, The Spanish Steps, Trevi Fontain, Quirinale, The Palatino, Arch of Constantine, the Colosseum and of course a lot of churches!  
            
                                                  
We spent the first days by getting to know the city and regard the beautiful and historical buildings right around each corner. We looked at the Arch of Constantine, The Palatino and The Colosseum. We met two men dressed up as Romans who took some pictures with us. It was fun until he suddenly asked for 10 euros, from each. Anyway, we got to beat him.

The next day we changed hostel from Camping Fabulous to Country Club Castelfusano. After getting our bungalow, we went to The Vatican city, The Copula and St. Peter's church. We had to dress up properly since the Vatican had a dress code, saying not to flash your knees nor your shoulders. 
We were stunned by the beautiful paintings and all the art the buildings contained, and we viewed the city from the top of St. Peter's church. We were more and more amazed after each room we entered, and when we finally found the famous 'The creation of Adam' in the Sistine chapel, we spent a good thirty minutes just sitting on a bench with our heads up towards the ceiling.

It was strictly forbidden to take any pictures of the art, but tourists were repeatedly caught taking pictures anyway. Many of them even forgot to turn off the flash! When the guards kept saying "No photos!", the urge to actually take some pictures got out of control. I hid the camera in the purse and took a bunch of pictures from there, trying to hold the camera steady in the dark room. It was exciting for a good while until one of the guards came up towards me. I put my feet up to hide the purse and took a fast glance at Mie who smiled nervously. Preparing myself to be thrown out I was suprised when the only thing he said was "Your shoes." and I realized I had lost my sandals in the eager of taking illigal photos. 

In the evening, we went to a restaurant to enjoy the Italian cuisine and when we were about to leave we met the owner right around the corner, telling us how much he liked Norwegians! We were always such a happy and smiling people, he told us. :-)

The last day we spent at the beach, relaxing and enjoying the sun and the lukewarm water. I was smart enough to buy a sun lotion with higher protection this time and I'll keep doing so from now on!

Today (17.07) we took the train to Pisa and we're going to the Leaning Tower and take a look at the city tomorrow. We had booked a room in Hostel Pisa, which lies only 5 minutes walking from the train station and 20 minutes from the Tower.

Trevi Fontain

Vikings vs Romans 1-0

The Spansih Steps

Norge (Norway) ice cream?