I will be honest with you and let you know that reading about everyone else being off on holidays so soon made me a tiny bit jealous. Up until recently, I had no definite plans to go anywhere, except for maybe Berlin and London (though later is more like home – nonetheless, I always get very much excited about it!).

My best friend looked into travel arrangements and found that going to Rome this summer and particularly in August, when Italy is boiling, isn’t much more expensive than going to Berlin and spending our time there. And since we’re both fans of Italy, we were sold. Today, we booked out trip and I’m very happy to announce that in about a month, I’m on my way to the Eternal City.

I’ll be honest with you and say that I never expected to go there any time soon, so I’m unprepared! Rome seems to be a whole lot more confusing that London for example – at least there, I could always telll where I was when I knew in which direction from the River I was walking… Italy with its small sidestreets seems a bit scary!

Also, I’m at a complete loss as to what is worth looking at and what not – some sights are plain and simple a given (we’re, for example, locted closely to the Vatican) but apart from that, how are we supposed to fill our five days? Where do we get the best food and where can we possibly do a bit of shopping (hey, we’re girls!)? How do we get to and from places by bus and the metro?

Have any of you fellow bloggers ever been to Rome? Do you have helpful links you could point me to? Anything is appreciated!

And where do you plan to spend time this summer?

(The very awesome picture is from CarSpotter)