bye bye historical scene, hello outer surburbia!

so been busy last couple of days.

went to the vatican city, it was huge and amazing!! then went to the sistine chapel and those museums paid €14 for entry and after an hour i got so over it! every room looked the same! but still amazing! and it was packed with people. I wasnt allowed to wear a hat inside so the romans suffered my greasy hair. Lol, on the way to the museum there was this window and a pope lookalike was in it clapping so i clapped back and waved. my highlight of the day lol.

Also went to some shopping centre which was abit bare but was interesting using the roman transport system! So much cheaper than melbourne! €1 allows u 75 minutes journey!

On Friday we changed hotels so no longer in the heart of historical rome but in the outer suburbs and its insane how much it reminds me of my mums city in Iran! literally same landscape and shop formations and also a massive, quaint park in the centre.

The current hotel is nice, has free internet and i just finished a huge buffet breakfast! score, save on food for the day. This couple were putting custard croissants in their bags! lol, i hope it opens up and spills. The hotel has a gym but its so crap, has 1 treadmill and a chest press, and this sit up thing and i fell off it. And the treadmill didnàt even work.

Anyway off to this shopping centre today which is the third largest in Europe! (apparently. the hotel concierge named mario told us that, but he was this moody, grumpy guy so maybe he lied to us) We can only get there by taxi but its only 10 mins away so il wait till the nice concierge lady comes back. Moody mario will probably tell the taxi to take a scenic route or something.

Hope you all are well and are loving the weather, our only english tv channel BBC tells me its 35 degrees etc. Its actually good here in Rome, 21 but still would prefer it warmer.

xx

wrap up so far

soo since my last blog i have been to the colosseum, trevi fountain, some ruins near the colosseum, pantheon, spanish steps and of course my hang out, the termini stazione.

colosseum was awesome, though when we went there there was 2 guards in costume who were so friendly and offered to pose with us and then after demanded 5 euro!!! i was like.. i only have 2 cents and then he was like no no no then made me delete the pictures! oh well stupid con man shouldnt offer it sneakily! anyway colosseum was amazing! not as big as a pictured it but the roman forum was huge (next to it). after it we saw the stupid costume man again and he said "hello freaks" lol. tosspot.

anyway after that got gelati again. thats been my main item of consumption, i am never eating gelati in melbourne again! the flavours here are unreal i had creme caramel, trifle, banana, bacio, cappacino and nutella and creame flavours its nothing like melbournes ones, it actually has the stuff in it! like creme caramel swirls and bits of nuts and jelly. mm time for more after this blog

been loving the coffee aswell, its funny how whenever i order une caffe espresso they ask me if i want it cafe americane. no i like it the italian way ,)

today went to trevi fountain, pantheon and spanish steps, they were all abit overrated, but wentr past all the shops................ it took so much willpower not to buy stuff, went to zara aswell- im gonna spend every last cent i have there (and on gelati)

anyway hope everything in melbourne is going well for u all! time for une cafe espresso and maybe my fourth gelati for the day... even though its only 1pm :P

xx

romeeeee

So finally in Rome! our second full day here. the weather is like a girl going through puberty- one second its nice and sunny the next second its a bitchin cold.

forgot to say in my previous post that our aeroplane to rome was double decker!!! how cool we were on the top but made no real difference.

our hotel in rome is small and our drain was stuck and after like 4 people coming and checking it out we FINALLY got it fixed. geeze these people are slow. the guy who owns the hotel is indian lololol. he couldnt even tell us a good gelati place! not that we really should have asked as there is a PLETHORA of them!!! soooo good, so much better than fritz!!!!

Yesterday we went to the basilica and walked around randomly, and tomorrow hopefully going to the colosseum and the other old things around it lol.

Italian TV = crap! and the only english chanenel is CNN and they repeat their stories so many times! oh well we didnt come here for the TV. went to the supermarket and i got told off cos i didnt weigh the stuff and stick a price tag on it. how was i supposed to know! so many street stalls of people selling fake bags etc! and "real" leather shoes for 8 euro.

anyway il maybe blog again tomorrow hope u r all well!! missing the melb weather, as i hear its 35 degrees!

ALMOST halfway there

Currently in singapore airport!! its huge!!! lol, got my hand luggage checked at melb airport. though there wasnt anyhting illegal in it. except 2 apples.

flight melb- singapore was good, albeit congested. their entertainment system is awesome though!! can watch whatever uwant whenever uwant! and they have everything! u can even watch the plane (notmuch fun).

there was this little baby sitting near us so i was sticking my tongue out at him and playing those sillykiddy games and then the damn kid greased me off and snubbed me! so i then greased him back and prayed his bobthe buildertoy would break.

:)

ok enough of this free singapore internet!

till next blog!

Pilot

So this is my first entry in this blog which was supposed to be dedicated to my european expeditions but I'm bored and feel motivated to set it up. So its the day before NYE and I'm abit sick but I will drink bucketloads of water until i feel better. And i'll sleep early. I don't exactly know what else to write but maybe I'll just leave it as it is. This blog may or may not be updated until my trip to Europe in early november.

depends on my boredom and you're relinquished hunger for the life of a eurasian visionary.

signing off.