Well, in April this year I went to Rome with my friend and co-worker Em.
We had a blast, and it sure turned out to be an unexpected adventure on our way back!
....Yah, remember the good ol' volcano in Iceland that erupted and interrupted the whole world's flights...more or less anyway...
Yah, we were kind of affected by that.
First our plane was cancelled until the next day... and then the next week...! So yah, we were screwed.
As it happens we both work with trains here in Sweden, so we talked to the train staff on the night train to Münich and fortunatelly I had my work ID with me, and even more fortunatelly we got to go on the train! It was PACKED though. We didn't get any seats until hours later! We got to share the floor with a bunch of other people.
I didn't mind though. Of course I got the worst sinus infection from hell...! Wasn't all that fun... Since it took us like 27 hours to get home.
But then again, to look on the bright side, I was very glad I didn't have to fly with that sinus infection... Just my luck, ey?



Anywho, that was just the last days and our trip home!
Other than that Rome was great!

The weather was really good. A bit cold some days, but not colder than Sweden, so we were totally satisfied :)
We stayed at an AWESOME hostel called Pop Inn which is right next to Termini train station along Via Marsala.



We found Fontana di Trevi. It was so amazing. My favourite spot in the whole of Rome. It was even more beautiful at night...!
And we spent some of the best moments there with some of the coolest people, whom we met at the hostel.
Third picture from the left: Rich, ME, Em and Barclay. MISS YOU guys!!!
Fourth picture: Shelly and I, miss you too, bunches!!



Oh yeah, we went to the Vatican to see Basilica di San Pietro & the Sistine chapel ...And "accidentally" cut in line...First pic will tell you why... It wasn't very well planned though... since we kind of cut the line in the middle of a group of French kids. They were kind of pissed, and didn't mind what so ever letting us know that. Stares says more than a million French words!
We also went to the Vatican the day the Pope himself was there. Can't remember what day it was. But he gives a speach (prayer) once a week for the public. Quite crowded, but totally worth it! :)



Kind of funny really... We were just walking around, and saw a big crown outside of this building and were curious what it was all about... We came from the back, and when we got in we realized it was the Pantheon...!!!
The first pic is just half of the buliding cause ther rest was covered in scaffolding... That is our excuse for not recognizing it ;)
The third pic is the square (Piazza dei Rotonda) by the Pantheon. Beautiful!



Castel Sant'Angelo (In the background of the first picture) by night. Really beautiful. The bridge (Ponte Sant'Angelo, second picture) gave us a beautiful view of the Vatican! (Third picture).



Well, this is all I have energy for tonight!
Stay tuned and you'll get more sneaks from my awesome Rome trip... and up next, LONDON BABY! :)
Nighty night!