Rome #1

after procrastinating endlessly.. n visiting cherysa's blog only to realise she has finished blogging the entire trip.. i shall not laze around but attempt to blog until Rome for the day haha.. so more pictures for everyone! :)

Rome was a pretty intense place.. the hostel we stayed in "Navigator's Hostel" deserves mention.. it is one of the most friendly hostels i have ever lived in. The other hostels we stayed in we never had so much contact with the owners or people living in there. In addition, its the only hostel ever to provide dinner on alternate days. To put it bluntly, its kinda over-friendly to the point where you lose your personal space but hey if that's what you want, this is the perfect place for you!

We spent 5 days in Rome. it was lovely we have hundreds of photos so i think i'll upload them in blocks haha.. not in order just according to category :)

Let's start with the hostel! Navigator hostel! We shared this tiny space with several other people. there was a total of 8 max in a room. The night we came there was a Prague couple whom the hostel owner Johnny told us alot of stories about. However, they decided to sleep at the beach for that one night and the morning when they came back, they packed their stuff and left. Then there was another interesting character, an Argentinean lawyer, who was really quiet and shy, he only started talking to us on the 2nd night. (after cherysa's eye candy left boohoo!)

This is Omar. The 'security guard' for the night. he stays in the hostel to 'protect' us haha.. They are in the kitchen cooking fried chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner today.

This is Johnny. He is the owner of the hostel. U know.. it is true when they say you cant judge a book by its covers.. Johnny grew up being an ah beng.. but he eventually became his own boss.. who can say anything about him now?

Fried chicken in the making! yummy!

Yay! its done we finally get to enjoy some delicious foods! :)

The colosseum!! it is bloody majestic looking! It was 11 euros well spent! :)

A procession we saw along the way! On the day we arrived in Rome, we thought it was Rome's birthday, but when we asked around no one seemed to know. thankfully, on the morning after we arrived in Rome we saw this! A special procession celebrating something that we do not know haha.. anyhow it was a really really loooong procession! The girl in orange is SUPER CHIO... n i mean like really really chio haha.. too bad we couldn't get an upclose shot of her.. nevertheless her image is forever in my head.. haha.. she is that beautiful ok!

Kids never fail to brighten up anything.. they add so much youth and vibrancy to the procession when they look lost and mess up the organized execution of the entire group of people trooping down the street..

The Palatines! Our entry tickets to the Colosseum also allowed us to visit this place of ruins. its kinda like a park where there are alot of ruined buildings and structures and artifacts.. too bad there was no guide or audioguide to tell us the stories behind all these things.. so we just walked around and looked but didn't really understand or know the stories behind every item there.

Ok this is the end of Part 1 of Rome. Will continue the remainder later on...