Our lovely hotel receptionist told us that we could change rooms today Yaaayy!! Although it would be our last night in Rome, we jumped at the opportunity! The new room was huge - big bed, working A/C, safer hairdryer, better shower head (so it wouldn't take 30min to wash the shampoo out of my hair!), and although it was a more expensive room she didn't charge us any extra :) After excitedly moving into the new room, we ventured out to find a laundromat. Whilst w...

Phew What a day! We started off by going on a guided tour of the Roman Forum & Colloseum - so glad we booked the tour as we skipped the HUGE queues! We saw the House of the Vestal Virgins, Arch of Septimus Severus (no - nothing to do with Harry Potter if like me you were wondering), Temple of Julius Caeser, Temple of Antonius Pius & Faustina, Arch of Constantine, & the Colloseum of course. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable, and it was fascinating to...

Today we arrived in the eternal city...Rome! Our hotel is a 2 minute walk from the Vatican, just around the corner from the metro so very convenient, has wifi, aircon, and our room is the only one with a great big balcony! Now for the cons - our room is too far from the access point so we don't get wifi, A/C is broken, bed is tiny, and whilst using the hairdryer provided in the bathroom yesterday - it caught on fire!! (note to self: stick to towel-drying hair whi...