italy twenty-thirteen | roma on foot
we had phenomenal weather the entire trip (with the exception of a little rain in venice) and it made our touring that much easier. especially since we were walking most of the time! we explored the northern part of roma's city centre, making sure to stop by the pantheon, climb the spanish steps, throw a coin in trevi fountain & purchase original artwork in piazza navona. along the way we stopped in various churches, enjoyed sorbetto on a stick, relished our first roma pizza washed down with refreshing white wines, marveled at ornate buildings & enjoyed the street musicians. by the time we made our way over to the vatican (st. peter's basilica), it was dusk and the church was closed so we did our share of admiring it from the outside in the empty piazza. (to give you an idea of it's vastness, the letters on the front are 7 ft alone) we walked back through trastevere while d...