Rome Day 1
Nothing much to blog about Day 3 in Europe. Pretty much spent the whole morning in Amsterdam Hotel, made our way to Airport, spent some time in airport, had a drink or two and boarded the flight for Rome. Reached rome and made our way to the Hotel in the Taxi that was sent by the Hotel. It cost us 60 Euros, bit we thought it was worth it because the only other way to reach was ..
Train from Airport to Termini (A central point or Terminus like dadar or flinders street station)
Termini to Flaminio in Metro Train
Flaminio to Montebello in a non-Metro train
Montebello to Serenissimo in a Bus
When we were explained the above route by the Hotel reception, we thought 60 euros sounded good.
Reached the Hotel and did what I do best, especially after long journey, slept like a log until morning, did not even bother about Dinner.
Rome Day 2
We made our way to the Collesuem through the above mentioned means of transport. It was fun exploring Rome this way. All the major tourist attraction is located just outside the station. As we stepped outside the Coloseo station, there were standing the remains of the magnificient Colloseum structure.
It takes a while to soak in the view of this great structure. We were greeted by a lady who asked us if we speak English, and when we responded with a “yes”, she started talking to us about taking a tour for 25 Euros per person. Since this is Easter Monday, there were more people at the Collesuem. To save time waiting in the queue to buy the entry ticket, we decided to take a guided tour.
The guide was a Chinese lady, speaking English and Italian fluently. She went through the history of building the Collesuem and the purpose of it etc. Given the amount of information she was giving, I was thinking that it would take more than a few days to understand the history behind building the Collesuem and the very purpose of building it.
We explored the Collesuem for more than an hour, admiring the beauty. Then we explored the Roman Forum. Had lunch outside the Roman Forum and then decided to make our bookings to get to Pompeii.
Made our Train bookings for Naples to get to Pompeii, then boarded the train to go to a few other attractions like Republica, Fontana Del Tritoni and a place called Spangna that has a few attractions like Trevi Fountain and Piazza Novona. Did the first two that was the end of our day
When we were about to board the train, to go to Spagna, we went into the train and because it was too crowded we decided to come out of the train. As the door closed, a young guy was pointing to my waist pouch from inside the train. I was not sure why he was doing that, that’s when Sunitha found the zip of the waist pouch open. I checked inside and found my wallet gone. Thankfully the passport in it was intact. After the initial shock, we thought at least we have money in Sunitha’s purse that was inside her handbag. We thought all we have to do now is cancel my credit card and we will be ok. We had another shock in store. Sunitha checked inside her handbag and her purse was gone too J … Obviously it might have occurred at different times. But the person who stole her purse was very skillful. He had managed to put his hand inside her handbag that has two magnetic buttons to close it and he had picked the purse from the many items that were inside it. All this without her even noticing anything.
There goes our day. We had 20 euros, that Sunitha had stashed away. We asked a few people and found our way to the nearest police station (will write another blog of our experience at the station). By the time we finished all formalities and reached the closest station to our Hotel, we had missed the last Bus J .. We called Hotel and asked the reception to send a Taxi. The Taxi cost us 10 euros, we are left with 10 euros. I will need the 10 euros to make my way to the nearest western union outlet by Bus and Train, to collect the money that hopefully Sangeeta and Rahul would have sent. We have not informed them yet. We have to wait for a couple of hours more when it is 6:00 AM Melbourne time to ask them to send me some money J. In case you are wondering what we did for Dinner, The hotel restaurant is closed because of Easter, cannot order food from outside as we have no money. We skipped dinner a couple of times before as we did not feel like eating, this time dinner has decided to skip us J …
Nothing much to blog about Day 3 in Europe. Pretty much spent the whole morning in Amsterdam Hotel, made our way to Airport, spent some time in airport, had a drink or two and boarded the flight for Rome. Reached rome and made our way to the Hotel in the Taxi that was sent by the Hotel. It cost us 60 Euros, bit we thought it was worth it because the only other way to reach was ..
Train from Airport to Termini (A central point or Terminus like dadar or flinders street station)
Termini to Flaminio in Metro Train
Flaminio to Montebello in a non-Metro train
Montebello to Serenissimo in a Bus
When we were explained the above route by the Hotel reception, we thought 60 euros sounded good.
Reached the Hotel and did what I do best, especially after long journey, slept like a log until morning, did not even bother about Dinner.
Rome Day 2
We made our way to the Collesuem through the above mentioned means of transport. It was fun exploring Rome this way. All the major tourist attraction is located just outside the station. As we stepped outside the Coloseo station, there were standing the remains of the magnificient Colloseum structure.
It takes a while to soak in the view of this great structure. We were greeted by a lady who asked us if we speak English, and when we responded with a “yes”, she started talking to us about taking a tour for 25 Euros per person. Since this is Easter Monday, there were more people at the Collesuem. To save time waiting in the queue to buy the entry ticket, we decided to take a guided tour.
The guide was a Chinese lady, speaking English and Italian fluently. She went through the history of building the Collesuem and the purpose of it etc. Given the amount of information she was giving, I was thinking that it would take more than a few days to understand the history behind building the Collesuem and the very purpose of building it.
We explored the Collesuem for more than an hour, admiring the beauty. Then we explored the Roman Forum. Had lunch outside the Roman Forum and then decided to make our bookings to get to Pompeii.
Made our Train bookings for Naples to get to Pompeii, then boarded the train to go to a few other attractions like Republica, Fontana Del Tritoni and a place called Spangna that has a few attractions like Trevi Fountain and Piazza Novona. Did the first two that was the end of our day
When we were about to board the train, to go to Spagna, we went into the train and because it was too crowded we decided to come out of the train. As the door closed, a young guy was pointing to my waist pouch from inside the train. I was not sure why he was doing that, that’s when Sunitha found the zip of the waist pouch open. I checked inside and found my wallet gone. Thankfully the passport in it was intact. After the initial shock, we thought at least we have money in Sunitha’s purse that was inside her handbag. We thought all we have to do now is cancel my credit card and we will be ok. We had another shock in store. Sunitha checked inside her handbag and her purse was gone too J … Obviously it might have occurred at different times. But the person who stole her purse was very skillful. He had managed to put his hand inside her handbag that has two magnetic buttons to close it and he had picked the purse from the many items that were inside it. All this without her even noticing anything.
There goes our day. We had 20 euros, that Sunitha had stashed away. We asked a few people and found our way to the nearest police station (will write another blog of our experience at the station). By the time we finished all formalities and reached the closest station to our Hotel, we had missed the last Bus J .. We called Hotel and asked the reception to send a Taxi. The Taxi cost us 10 euros, we are left with 10 euros. I will need the 10 euros to make my way to the nearest western union outlet by Bus and Train, to collect the money that hopefully Sangeeta and Rahul would have sent. We have not informed them yet. We have to wait for a couple of hours more when it is 6:00 AM Melbourne time to ask them to send me some money J. In case you are wondering what we did for Dinner, The hotel restaurant is closed because of Easter, cannot order food from outside as we have no money. We skipped dinner a couple of times before as we did not feel like eating, this time dinner has decided to skip us J …
OMG!!!!! Thats a horrifying experience.
ReplyDeleteHope you are restashed up now and can continue the rest of the holiday hasslefree.