Category: Italy

• Florence in 2 Days (Oct 2018)

  

  Day 1 We checked out of our hotel early in the morning and walked to the Termini to catch the 0700 Trenitalia high speed Frecce train to Florence. Florence was the first stop about 275 km away and the train reached our destination at around 0845. We walked across the street to the B&B and…

  Murali Narayanan

  April 14, 2020

  Europe, Italy, Tuscany

  Accademia, Arno, Baptist, Baptistery, Brunelleschi, Campanile Della Basilica Di Santa Croce, David, Dome, Donatello, Doors of Paradise, Duomo, Florence, Florence Cathedral, Ghiberti, Giambologna, Leonardo da Vinci, Loggia dei Lanzi, Medici, Michelangelo, Orsanmichele, Palazzo Vacchio, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza della Signoria, Piazza si San Lorenzo, Pieta, Ponte Vecchio, St. John, St. Mark, St. Peter, The Rape of the Sabine Women, Uffizi, Uffizi Gallery

• Rome in 4 days (Oct 2018)

  

  Day 1 In October 2018, Mythili & I spent 4 days in Rome mostly visiting historical hotspots. A lot has changed in 10 years since my last visit. More crowds and a bit more expensive. But it is still a delight to see places and eat terrific Italian cuisine. We landed at the Fiumicino airport…

  Murali Narayanan

  April 6, 2020

  Italy, Rome, The Vatican

  Arch of Constantine, Arch of Titus, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Capitoline Museums, Capitoline Wolf, Chiesa dei Santi Luca e Martina, Chiesa del Gesù, Colloseum, Colosseo, Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Farnese, Fiumi Fountain, Fontana del Pantheon, Fountain of Neptune, Galleria Alberto Sordi, House of the Vestal Virgins, Macuteo Obelisk, Marcus Aurelius, Michelangelo, Obelisk of Montecitorio, Palazzo Chigi, Palazzo Monte Citorio, Palazzo Nuovo, Pantheon, Pasquino, Piazza della Rotonda, Piazza Navona, Pieta, Roman Forum, St. Peters Basilica, Swiss Guards, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Temple of Caesar, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Tomb of Raphael, Trevi Fountain, Vatican, Vatican Museum, Vittorio Emanuele II