Travelogues Lazio

The old antique buildings in Rome represent a glorious time and have deep historical significance. But you also need a lot of imagination to imagine the marble cladding and...

According to my smartwatch, I walked 19 km through Rome today, so I'll probably need a few blog posts to turn all of my impressions into descriptions. I'm not going to go about...

Seriously: I can't stand Italians ever since they kicked us out of the semi-finals in the 2006 World Cup in OUR own country with a score of 2-0 in extra time! You don't do...

So, a real tourist day in Rome! I tried to start very Italian: Espresso and Cornetto right at the counter. That worked out pretty well. Then we stumbled into a church; with over...

You can tell that I am a great admirer of Emperor Augustus. He led the state of the Roman Empire into a prosperous and peaceful time. Political decisions were always made with a...

The Palatine is the hill in Rome that was first settled and is therefore considered the founding hill. A few old ruins, particularly imperial palaces, villas and residential...

The reason why the Romans felt so safe in their city and were able to build a large empire with peace of mind was certainly due to the city's difficulty in reaching it. This is...

Today’s leg was perhaps the most beautiful so far. First through the old town of Calvi, then over country roads through vast olive groves, continuing through valleys with meadows...

The Roman Forum soon became too small for some rulers in Rome and they expanded the centre of Rome with new buildings. Emperor Augustus had a mighty temple built, but the...

A very good day to my dear fellow human beings:), right now I'm enjoying the warm Pentecost sun in Bari❤️. I've been at sea for six weeks now and today I jumped into the sea...

Once again, thank you so much to our families who enriched the Bye Bye Party. We really enjoyed our crowded living room and yes - there were a few tears shed. The tears on...

Today we let ourselves be carried away, first along the Tiber, which now has significantly more water after the extensive rain. Then across the Tiber, or as it is called in...

Now in the last blog post about the vacation trip to Rome, I first have to tell you about the train journey on the return journey. On this journey we had 19 minutes to change...

Hello dear fellow human beings :) Greetings from the beautiful Kusadasi, Turkey. Right now, during my 1.5-hour break on the crew deck, I wanted to give you new insights into the...

And then we headed towards Abruzzo, where the first highlight was the legendary Monte Cassino.The ascent up the mountain is blessed with great views all around, and you can read...

Today, in addition to the usual pictures of the sights, there are also a few snapshots of our 'everyday life' in Rome. As I wrote on the first day, we live outside the city...

Autumn holidays - Hooray! After the long summer vacation up north, this time we headed south. We managed to get train tickets from Villach to Rome - there were none available...

Not much happened today, I followed the Dutch route to Orte - hours of cycling through the nice hills, more or less steep, partly on field paths, partly on small roads - every...

After almost 8 hours, we arrived super on time in Rome. The sun even came out along the way, and we had a beautiful view amidst all the tunnels. View from the train Upon...

1.7.2024 Civitavecchia A large number of my travel companions set out to visit Rome today. Since I had already seen the most important things in Rome and didn't want to put...

Ein Tag am Lago di Bolsena

With heavy luggage, we drove to the train station early in the morning to store it. Today was the tourist highlight in terms of crowds. Half of Italy (oh what the heck - half of...

11.10.2020 Dear friends, we have arrived in Rome. Our day started with a relaxed morning walk through the city of Sutri. Even though there wasn't much to see, I found the many...

For this day, weeks of research were done on the internet. Do not drive into the city with your car... Good advice. Although dad already survived Barcelona in rush hour. We...

Hello dear family and friends:), wow it's been over ten days since I embarked. Right now I'm sitting on the crew deck, enjoying the beautiful weather and watching our docking...

Today we started divided. While Anita had a guided tour in the Borghese Gallery at 9:30 - as the children would say, in the picture museum - the children and I went a little...

The second day was all about further exploring Rome and the Christian origins in the catacombs around Rome. As usual, we didn't leave the apartment until after 10:00. We headed...

I wake up at 6:00 a.m., want to leave, but private stress prevents me from going back to sleep. Somehow I can no longer stay in the hostel room, the tent is more familiar and...

We are packing up, saying goodbye to the beautiful place, leaving Tuscany behind and heading towards Lago di Bolsena, where Popeye (Stephan's closest friend from school days),...