Another week passed and only 6 more left, but the excitement of the trip has been increasing day by day. The more I see and learn in Rome, the more interested I get to this astonishing city. The second week started with an adventures bike ride on the Appian Way. Imagine riding a bike on a street that was build 2000 years ago! Wow! Although the street was bumpy because it is built with rocks and stones, it felt pretty good to ride bike on it. In fact, the weather was gorgeous that added to the pleasure of the adventure. Also, eating sandwich with mozzarella and tomato on top of a beautiful heal, in the shade of a Roman tower, on a warm and sunny day was by far one of the best lunches I have had since I came to Rome.

Italian Bikes

Riding bikes on the Appian Way

The next day we went to the Capitoline Museum. I really enjoyed it. You could see almost 2500 years of history and art inside the museum. It has art pieces and sculpture from the Etruscan period up until the Broke period. The Temple of Jupiter and the statue of Marcus Aurelius were the two highlight of the museum. It really amazed me when I heard the statue of Marcus Aurelius was not destroyed because people thought it was Emperor Constantine. As a result of this misunderstanding, Rome has the oldest bronze statue of all time. Thanks to Constantine! That day I learned that because of religious views, Rome has lost many of its historical and valuable pieces of arts. Otherwise, today there could have been many other statues available in Rome museum.

Emperor Constantine

She-Wolf and the Twins

The only surviving bronze statue... (Marcus Aurelius)

During the weekends we all went to one of the most beautiful regions of Italy, Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre means five towns. It is a collection of five towns that located right next to the ocean. All towns are connected through a walking path on the top of the mountain, also, there is a train going back and forth between all towns. The total distance from the first town to the last is 12 Kilometers (7.5 Miles). The only way to go from one town to other is to walk the path or take the train. My friend Garyn and I not only walked all the distance, but also stopped in each town and explored it very well. In fact we ate something from each town just to see which one was better. Overall, it took us around 6 hours to get from one the first town to the last. By the end of the day, we were both exhausted. Thus, we decided to get some gelato and sit on the beach to watch the beautiful sunset and the scary waves.

Eating Gelato

Walking path through the towns

Sunset

Town we stayed in Cinque Terre

Indeed, Cinque Terre was bar far the most beautiful place I have ever been. The water was actually “blue” and sceneries and views were just impossible to describe in words. Although the weather was a little cold for swimming, some of my friends jumped in the water to experience the clean blue water of this beach. Overall, it was a great week and wonderful weekend.

I will surely update you of the third week adventures…