An Outfit Fit for a Roman

You don't even have to read the title of this post to know whereabout these photos were taken; you can see it in my smile and the happiness radiating off the pictures. We're in Rome, the city that has stolen my heart, duh.

Well, technically we're in Tivoli, a town around 50 kilometers from Rome, where we visited the Villa d'Este, an ancient Roman villa with the most impressive and gorgeous gardens I have ever seen - you might've already seen pictures of it in my Rome photo diary.

There is so much lush, rich greenery to be had here, tropical plants growing what appears to be in a wild manner - obviously they're taken care of, but it all just seems so natural.
Besides that, the gardens include the cutest trick fountains I've ever seen and on top of that, some legit waterfalls.
Can you imagine I could not keep my jaw from dropping repeatedly during our visit?
I seriously wonder how I didn't end up with a fly inside my mouth, to be honest.

As for the actual outfit at hand here, I tried to go with the lightest clothing available to me at that point in time - we had temperatures over 32 degrees Celsius every single day during our stay, with peeks at around 36 degrees, I tried to pick clothing items I would sweat the least in.

I had picked this adorable flowy khaki top up from a shop I had never heard of previously the the day before - how adorable is the lace detailling at the hem? The cloth is also super light, which was perfect for the occasion.
I've also been obsessed with khaki everything lately, so this is yet another addition to my growing collection of khaki-colored clothing items. Oops.

As for the shorts and sandals - I've had both for absolute ages now. I feel like black shorts are my go-to when I'm not sure which bottoms to match to my tops; and the sandals are the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn - perfect for city trips where you've got to do a lot of walking!

I laid really low on the accessories for that day, only sticking with my sunglasses, which I would've gone blind without; and my watch, as I physically cannot leave the house without it.

Where did you spend your last holiday? I'd love to know - I always like to add places to my bucket list!

TOP - Terranova (similar)| SHORTS - Madonna (similar) | SANDALS - Rieker |  SUNGLASSES - C&A | WATCH - Michael Kors 

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Rome Photo Diary Pt. 2

I haven't been able to shut up about how much of my heart I left in Rome ever since returning last Friday - and if you've seen all the photos I shared in the first part of my 'Rome Photo Diary' and the emotions they contain, you will understand why I feel this way.

While we explored most of Rome's ancient ruins as well as the Vatican during the first half of our trip, the second half included architecture from the Baroque area, a day trip to Tivoli to see the most amazing villas and a visit to the Colosseum!

DAY 4 - Tuesday



A farmer's market at Campo de' Fiori

Sant'Agnese in Agone

The Pantheon's outside

The Pantheon's inside

Fontana di Trevi

DAY 5 - Wednesday

 

 

Villa d'Este in Tivoli

Villa Adriana

Fontana di Trevi at night

DAY 6 - Thursday

Archbasilica of St. John Lateran's outside 

 

Archbasilica of St. John Lateran's gardens.

 The Colloseum

Lunch with a view

Technically, there was a day seven, but as it was the day of our flight home, we hardly explored anything at all before leaving for the airport - no glamorous photos of that day exsist!

I hope you enjoyed my photo diary nonetheless, and maybe I even made you want to see all of the beautiful sights and places for yourself someday.

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Rome Photo Diary Pt. 1

Oh Rome. The eternal city. People say that if you've never been to Rome, you cannot fully comprehend how beautiful life can be; and while I've always dreamt of visiting the city that is pulsing with history and culture and life, I was not prepared for what it was about to hit me with.

Myself and a group of my friends and classmates spent the last week in Rome, and while I'm pretty sure I could write paragraphs on end about all the different emotions and thoughts our trip has left me with, I thought a photo diary will say more than a thousand words - I took almsot 1500 pictures after all!

I'm splitting this into two parts because there's just so many photos that squeezing them into one post would be a huge mess, so here come our first three days - Saturday to Monday!

DAY 1 - Saturday

Snapshots taken on the way to our hotel

The Imperial Forums at dusk - absolutely breathtaking.

DAY 2 - Sunday

The Colosseum - the queue was waaay to long as entry to the Colosseum is free on Sundays, so we ended up going back another day!

The Forum Romanum

Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II

Piazza del Campidoglio

The river Tiber

DAY 3 - Monday

Basilica de San Pedro from the outside

Basilica de San Pedro on the inside

Views from the top of the Basilica's dome

Vatican museum

Finally - my first gelato: watermelon, melon and Kinder Bueno; the best I've ever tried!


That wraps up the first half of my trip to Rome - if you're interested in hearing about what went down during the other four days - and believe me, it was a lot - stay tuned for part two, which will be up on Wednesday!

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