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    Thursday, February 19, 2009

    Next stop: Pisa, Italy

    Pisa is one of the smallest city we visited. It kinda have nothing much there except for the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa and some Duomo. Hmm.. It was kinda just like a 'wow' when we saw the leaning tower and then 'what's next'. Yup. We spent about one afternoon at Pisa but I totally think it's more than enough.

    Yup that's all I could say about Pisa I guess. Oh, I bought a Zara Jacket and a vest from Pisa. Guess it's still not as boring as it may seems.

    Oh I forgot to mention that our HOtel was duper cool, Hotel De Rosa. Almost everything in the room was remote controllable. We had alot of fun just exploring the room. =)







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    Florence

    Next stop: Florence, Italy

    Florence is more of a stopover for us but it was nice in it's own way. Lotsa shopping and Galeto!!!

    Florence don't really have that many attractions compared to Rome. As usual, we visited the churches and Duomo. However, one of the most memorable attractions was definitey the statue of David created by Michelangelo. We have to climbed up to the hill top to get a glimpse of the famous David and the the entire Florence.

    ALso, Ponte Vecchio the oldest and most famous bridge over the Arno which the only Florentine bridge to survive WW2. The Ponte Vecchio (literally "old bridge") is lined with shops, traditionally mostly jewellers since the days of the Medici. It's like hmm.. the bridge beside Admiralty MRT station, with shops lined up. Only that Ponte Vecchio is probably 20 times bigger and a thousand times more grand.

    For me, Florence is more of a shopping town, be it luxury or substandard goods. Oh, I bought my first winter coat in Florence for 120 SGD.=)







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    Rome

    Ten thousand years since I blog again. So many things to blog so little time to not laze around. Oh wells. Shall continue with my trip.

    Next is Rome, Italy

    Rome was beautiful in the historica ways. There were ruins everywhere and their Colosseum was magnificiant. We went to like so many historical sites, The Roman Forum, Forum of Augustus and some muesuems and churches.

    Most memorable attraction must be St Peter Basilica. It is really the biggest church in the world I guess. It's HUGE!!! Seriously. It's where the Pope resides. So I think you can kinda imagine how big and beautiful it will be. We climbed 350 steps up the Basilica and had a great view of the entire Rome.

    Another highlight was the Vatican's Scavi Tour, which goes beneath St. Peter's Basilica to the tomb of Saint Peter. Firstly it was great because it's a tour which only allows 120 visitors a day and it must be booked months before. However, we got our tickets ike only a week before. How fortunate.=)

    Anyway, it started with us waiting outsie the Excavations Office for our guide. We then followed him inside and down a staircase. He then scanned and a glass door opened. There we dug under a low and narrow arch in a 16th-century wall that supports the basilica, we walked along a dimly lit lane lined with Christian and pagan mausoleums. The higlight of the tour would be getting to see the tomb of St Peter's tomb, with a wall saying: " Peter is here". That's when people know he's there. I m not exactly church person but I knew it was totally worth it.

    Some other famous attractions are famous Fontana di Trevi, the most beautiful fountain in world, at least to me it is. It was soooooo big and just beautiful. We made wishes=) We also went to the famous Spanish Steps which was kinda basically some steps. Heez. However, it's kinda 'romantic' to walk up the steps with you counting each and every steps.

    Guess what we ate in Rome? Hezz. Lotsa Pasta, Pizza and most importantly Galeto aka home made Italian Ice cream. We ate like 2 scoops of Galeto everyday, sometime even more. The ice cream was... omg. It's just soooooooo nice and you are definitely spoilt for choices. Oh wells, my favorite flavour is Mandarine=)

    Oh wells, there's soo many things to talked about. But I don't really wanna write a grandfather story so here you go. These are the highlights for me=)



    Inside St Peter Basilica

    Mummy

    The Famous Spanish Steps

    The Famous Fountain of Trevi


    Ruins

    The New Statue of Constipation



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