Italy Trip

Well well. Finally settled the Financial Management (FM) test on Monday the 7th of January 2008, so here I am updating this blog on the Italy trip that took place from 26th December 2007 to 3rd of January 2008.

Overall the trip was well worth the £400 (est.) expenses that were incurred during the trip. The itinery was from Bristol (BRS) to Milan Bergamo (BGY) and then to Rome Ciampino Low Cost terminal. The stopover at Milan was practically due to the price differences of the airline ticket (Ryanair) which amounted to almost £40 extra if we chose to fly to Rome straight. Now what was in Rome? The answer was Anthony Lee Ming Kho, one of my coursemates when I took the Taylor's Business Foundation 2005, and we sorta agreed on visiting him when the mini Group 2 TBF Jan Intake 05 reunion dinner took place somewhere in August 2007.

Basically the whole of the Italy trip was visting the ruins of the Roman empire, getting to the churches and also a visit to the Vatican City and the Vatican Museum. The Vatican Museum was a pain in the ass though, a long wait of about 2 1/2 hours from 7.25am till 9.30am in the winter temperature of around 4-5 degrees Celcius really gets you worked up. Not to mention that we had to get up at 5.30am to take the Metro just to get there in time for the queue.

That's Mango and us being crazy on the bicycle (do you even call that a bicycle!)


Giolloti Gelato anyone? 7 scoops of ice-cream in less than 20 minutes...


Some Mummy from Egypt on display at the Vatican Museum


This one is dedicated to Ferlynn. A big building for Fendi alone...

Recommended Italian delicacies, simple and yet wonderful taste

The Vatican Garden, where only distinguished guests invited by the Pope could set foot in

The Roman Theatre

San Angelo Castle

Trevi Fountain

Piazza Republicca

Colloseum

Ancient Roman road

Italy's Independence Square

Posing at some unknown church...