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Rome

Rome has been a quick one, with only one full day of exploring. We had to fit in alot so we were very busy (and tired from our 1am arrival!) yesterday exploring the city. It is ridden with tourists, but actually one of our favourite destinations we think..

Our hotel room was very basic but it had clean sheets and a fridge so we were happy. It was located right in the Vatican City too.

We had our usual overnight oats in the hotel and then headed for the Colloseum. We were very fortunate because with our hotel booking through booking.com we were given a promotion that provided us with a code for 100 Euro free towards Rome attractions, so we managed to get tickets for the Collosseum, Roman Forum/Palatine Hill for free. (Score!)


Fontana De Trevi


Coliseum






Fora Romano/Palatine Hill






Supermarket lunches are our go to in these expensive European countries!.....


On Thursday night we met up with Grace's old flatmate Josh from Palmerston North and his girlfriend Krystina for a few cold beers. There's always someone around this side of the world!

We are now on our way back to London. We'll be staying with Theo's friend James and then we fly out to GOA, India on Sunday. Eeeek a just little bit nervous!


xxx G & T

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