Ok, so after spending the last 3 weeks working in England (1 week in South East London, 2 weeks in Essex at a clinic where I had to gown up for surgery- something I haven't done since graduating from Uni!), it's time for another well-deserved holiday. So, last night I met Elise (my friend from vet school and my Belgium travel buddy) in Rome. We met at the train station, before walking together to our hotel. After checking into our hotel, we asked the guy on the front desk where a good place close to the hotel was where we could eat, and he directed us to a restaurant just around the corner. Elise commented to me as we got onto the lift "I didn't know Fabio worked in a hotel!" As the guy was tanned with long-hair and beared a strong resemblence to "the most beautiful man in the world!"
We had a quick meal before having an early night and sleep-in this morning- I was tired, Elise was shattered after staying in a hostel the night before (and having an even worse experience than mine in Rotterdam- a couple chose to have an "intimate moment" in the bunk below hers and consequently she was being rocked out of sleep) and travelling to Rome from Slovenia (a 9 hour train ride!) that day. We did have a very tempting offer from "Fabio" though on our return to the hotel, as when we went to pick up our key for our room he invited us to go to the Disco with him! We politely declined.
We spent a few hours earlier today walking around the streets of Rome, close to our hotel, but not really wanting to see the main sights, as we will be covering most of those tomorrow with our tour group who we will meet up with this evening. Instead, we took a stroll down one of the exclusive shopping streets which is lined by boutiques such as Prada and Gucci and other famous brands which I can neither spell nor afford!
We then got a quick bite to eat, before heading back to the hotel, as Elise has already spent the last 2 weeks travelling in Croatia and Slovenia, and was in dire need of doing some laundry, which brings me to spending a few minutes in this internet cafe...
I'll head back to my hotel soon and get ready to meet our tour leader and rest of our tour group at 6pm. We will then spend three weeks doing an "Essence of Italy" tour, before Elise and I head off on our own, down to the Amalfi coast for 2 weeks! It's a tough life, but someone has to do it...
We had a quick meal before having an early night and sleep-in this morning- I was tired, Elise was shattered after staying in a hostel the night before (and having an even worse experience than mine in Rotterdam- a couple chose to have an "intimate moment" in the bunk below hers and consequently she was being rocked out of sleep) and travelling to Rome from Slovenia (a 9 hour train ride!) that day. We did have a very tempting offer from "Fabio" though on our return to the hotel, as when we went to pick up our key for our room he invited us to go to the Disco with him! We politely declined.
We spent a few hours earlier today walking around the streets of Rome, close to our hotel, but not really wanting to see the main sights, as we will be covering most of those tomorrow with our tour group who we will meet up with this evening. Instead, we took a stroll down one of the exclusive shopping streets which is lined by boutiques such as Prada and Gucci and other famous brands which I can neither spell nor afford!
We then got a quick bite to eat, before heading back to the hotel, as Elise has already spent the last 2 weeks travelling in Croatia and Slovenia, and was in dire need of doing some laundry, which brings me to spending a few minutes in this internet cafe...
I'll head back to my hotel soon and get ready to meet our tour leader and rest of our tour group at 6pm. We will then spend three weeks doing an "Essence of Italy" tour, before Elise and I head off on our own, down to the Amalfi coast for 2 weeks! It's a tough life, but someone has to do it...
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