I shall start with the first with Rome

Rome doesnt enchant like florence, nor does it romance one like venice does
but its surreal in its own right
there's this subtle grandeur of seeing the Colosseum down the street from your hotel
or wandering through a random street to stumble upon a well adorned fountain, or a faded mosaic
something cool about seeing blocks of broken marble lying around with latin inscriptions
or seeing the remnants of a temple to Julius Caesar,
Rome works on the imagination
makes you feel as if ur treading on the very streets ancient romans once walked
rubbing shoulders with plebians in togas

the vatican is quite impressive too
its museum has one of the biggest collection of art
you can see rooms full of rows of cool marble statues, ancient tapestries, beautiful paintings
and of course there is the sistine chapel
the only drawbacks are that theres so much art there, you get abit numb to seeing beautiful paintings and anatomically accurate statues
alot of the nicer paintings/embellishments are on the ceiling, so you'll end the day with a strained neck

carbonara is supposed to be a Roman specialty
i only tried it once at some road side cafe
wasnt too impressed

what really drew me to rome is that u can sit at a cafe at a big piazza, which is basically a square, see a nice fountain in the background
while a bunch of ppl, with intsruments, accordian included
beat out some folksy tune
one good thing Rome has plentifully is a large number of big squares with nice fountains, with a gelato shop or a cafe nearby

mmm
if i feel like it maybe i'll blog abt the other places i visited on the trip