Work trip to Rome
During the month of november, I spent a month in Rome/Italy. Besides one weekend in Florence, I needed to stay all the time in Rome for work reasons. It gave me the opportunity to know more or less how the city is seen by somebody who is living there, something that we normally don't have the opportunity to do during vacations.
Rome is very different from what I was imagining. Is a very wide city, with just some few tall buildings. At first, the old downtown may seen in a very poor shape, but you need to remember that thousands years passed since those buildings were built.
The roman people is always complaining about the traffic, what is very funny for somebody who comes from São Paulo, like me. If you have few time to spent, visit the old center. If you have more time, try the neighborhood more far from the turistics places. Rome is a very beautiful city.
The italian food is wonderful, and Florence (the only city I had time to visit, besides Rome) is fantastic. Looks like a medieval city, with castle, bridges, churches, and everything you can expected from a old european city.
Rome and Florence...
Rome, a set on Flickr.
