Tourist life

Tourist sights

Vatican City

When people travel to another country, there’s a purpose for it. I’d like to name some places that you must visit when you’re in Rome. Of course, the first one on the list is Vatican City! It’s absolutely gorgeous and stunning.

Second place to visit is of course Colosseum and the area of Old Rome. Actually feels like it’s ancient times when you’re in Old Rome.

Old Rome

Sunrise from Gianicolo Hill

Third tourist sight, which is a must, is Gianicolo Hill. In my previous blog post I wrote that we went to see the sunrise on the hill and we were amused. It’s a place where you can see Rome from everywhere.

Spanish Stairs

And last but not least is Spanish Stairs! The most visited tourist sight. I never saw so many people there, and going up the stairs to see the crowded city is worth it too.

P.S Also, for the gelato lovers, try and get some real Italian gelatos while you’re there, the most delicious thing when it’s hot outside. I don’t think there’s a need for me to say this but do not forget to taste of a real Italian pizza!

Street performers of Italy

As me and my friends were exploring Rome,
mostly Vatican City and near Colossus, something amazingly weird at the same
time caught our attention. As it was tourists’ sight, we saw many shocking and
inspiring street talents. You know how you go to the centre of your city and
there are people singing, dancing or drawing something? Yeah. Rome is known as
the city incredible beautiful architecture. While my friends and I were in
those “talent areas” we realized how many people were taking pictures and
looking at the street performers. I have seen many amazing and weird street
talents before, but this one was the craziest so far. Or maybe I’m just
exaggerating? Basically it was two men, one was sitting in the Lotus pose while
he was holding his partner, who was sitting on some piece of wooden stick. I
know it sounds crazy, but there’s a picture for the better description of what
I’m trying to say. 





I’m sure that hand is fake, because those men
were not moving at all. I actually would never think that I would be amazed by
something like this. What do you think about this?























Fortunately we were not the only ones who stared
them down for couple of minutes just to understand the structure and the trick
of it. We actually seen couple of those “weird” street performers and they
looked the same for some reason, which is more strange. The things they do just
to shock tourists! :)

Tourist problems in Italy - Tips

Rome, Italy is a lovely place to travel in summer time. The weather is amazing compared to unstable Canadian weather (where I live) when one day rains and another day it's humid.

All you need there is comfortable summer stylish pieces. Here's a TIP for ladies of course, do NOT ever take any kinds of heels with you!!! I learned it hard way. I grabbed few heels with me, because I thought I would need them at some point of the trip...But... I never wore them. Next time, I won't even bother taking heels with me. Unless you really cannot go a day without heels, then you might prefer taking wedges. The streets of Rome are old fashioned (you can see it in the picture),

which makes it impossible to wear any kinds of heels. I remember when I was wandering around with my best friend, we were wearing some kind of fancy shoes, and all we did is look down so we wouldn’t trip or fall, but of course we couldn’t avoid it…

Whoever traveled to Italy knows my pain and whoever is planning to travel in the future, keep that in mind! :)  It’s probably the major issue of travellers who are loving the architecture and trying so hard not to fall while walking around and being busy taking pictures.

Besides that, Rome is beautiful. I got very lucky to live 7 min away from the heart of Rome, Vatican City.

Since you’ll be a tourist, you may need to get used to seeing people coming up to you and telling you to buy flowers for your friends, or buy tickets to skip the lines (which are insanely long and tiring) to museums, buy a bottle of water because it’s very hot and stuff like that. That’s something I couldn’t get used to personally. My friends and I tried to escape those “sketchies” but at the same time we enjoyed the moment of being most valued tourists in Rome.