Fun Hideout

And guess what? The metro was down when we were in Roma! Grrr... Ok, there was free shuttle buses, but it was so packed and the ventilation was poor, making travelling around less pleasant. Anyway, we managed to visit most of the must-visit sites, despite going back to the B&B in the afternoon to keep ourselves cool with the air-con. =p

Here goes!

We came to the last stop of our honeymoon trip ~ Roma! By the time, we were already missing food in Singapore and the super hot weather in Roma made it worse. =( 

*Made a mental note ~ never go on trip during summer!*

The train journey from Florence to Roma was just 1.5 hours and it was another 5 - 10 minutes to our B& B, Flowerome.

Flowerome

Address: Filippo Turati, 23, 00185 Rome, Italy 

We took the train from Venezia Santa Lucia (Venice train station) to Firenza S.Maria Novella (Florence station station), Florence. Train journey was about 2 hours.

We stayed in Hotel Globus, which was pretty near to the station. I forgot to take pictures of the hotel but it was decent. Again, we needed to drag the luggage up one level to the reception, after which, there was lift to take you to your floor. =)

The room came with all the necessities - TV, fridge, towels, hair dryer etc. Breakfast was included, though the variety was rather limited. Try the hot chocolate, I liked it.

Overall, food in Switzerland & Italy was not impressive, or rather not my cup of tea. I think we are too pampered by the various kinds of cooking methods, seasoning and spices in Asia cuisine, that I find the food in my trip so far, a tad boring. *Shrugged*

But a man got to eat anyway, so here is the list of what we ate.

Initially, I thought that taking train was cheaper. But after taking into account of the traveling time (approximately 8 hr) and since budget air fare was similar to the pricing of the train ticket, we decided to just fly in Venice.  We took the Easyjet , air fare was about S$100+, including taxes and flight journey was an hr plus. 

Being an island city, the best way to reach Venice is via boat. We took the public Alliaguna water taxi and the boat journey from Venice Marco Polo Airport to our B&B via Rialto stop was just an hour. As we bought the tickets on line, we got to change the evoucher to regular ticket at the Alliaguna ticketing office. 

Finding the Alliaguna ticketing office was a nightmare, as the counter staff  in Venice Airport were not exactly friendly and there was no signboard to direct the way. After asking different counter staff, we finally got some idea where to head to.  The Alliaguna ticketing office is not located inside the airport, you got to exit the airport and turn to the left, where you can find a long walkway and I mean a really long walkway.  After like 10 minutes or so, we finally see the pier!! Wah lau, try walking so long with 2 big luggage in a hot weather... the 10 minutes felt like forever. =p

Haha, to be frank, I cant remember the details already and so, I will let my pictures do most of the 'talking'! If you are interested, just drop me an email/comment and I will just send you my itinerary, ya? ^_^

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