Last week I was lucky enough to escape the UK for a few days, and headed with my other half, LOG, to the eternal city of Rome. Now my favourite place in the world!

We managed to fit seeing everything in, St Peters, the Sistine Chapel, The Pantheon, Villa Borghese, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Colosseum, several other fountains and piazzas, the Forum and not forgetting the garden of the Vestal Virgins!

Without thinking about my fear of heights, we decided to go to the top of St Peters, unbeknownst to me, it would involve a claustrophobic, spiral staircase (spiral stairs are also another of my daft fears!), however the view from the top was well worth the incredibly slow climb!

The view from the top of St Peters

The Trevi Fountain

Me on the Spanish Steps - yes in a dress!

Outside the Pantheon

Me in the Pantheon doorway

The Pantheon ceiling

Me in the Vatican Museum garden. Those people weren't really taking pictures of me - although it looks like it!










My favourite place we visited had to be the Pantheon. It looks plain and like a giant stone building from the outside, but when you step through the (absolutely giant) doorway, it’s a huge perfectly circular marble and stone chapel! The ceiling was rather spectacular too!

The Sistine Chapel was breath taking. It has to be the most incredible things I’ve ever seen. It’s a good job that you’re not allowed to take pictures of it (although some of the Americans didn’t seem to realise the picture of a camera with a cross over it meant ‘no photos’ and the rules applied to them too, and they had to be shouted at by the guards) as no camera could ever do it justice and produce a picture of it as beautiful as it really is.


Rome is definitely one of the most beautiful and amazing cities on earth. Not only for the sights, but also for the food, the wine and the relaxed atmosphere. Not that we go to do much relaxing with all the places I wanted to visit! (LOG’s face dropped a bit when I presented him with a list in response to his question “so what things did you want to visit?”) One thing I will say – make sure you have really comfy shoes. The streets are cobbled and flip flops just hurt after a while!