Wasting Day 1 in Rome

It is scary that it has been a year since I last posted about my trip in Rome, Italy. I started to develop some poor memories but sometimes vividly remember some of the details of travel while looking back to some pictures. So let the pictures tell the stories.

Continued from the previous post. So we headed down to the metro station called Basilica San Paolo. Metro map can be found here. Basilica San Paolo also known as Papal Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls is one of the four ancient major basilicas in Rome besides St John Lateran, St Mary Major and St Peter's. It is also called Ostian Basilica as it is located on the road leading to Ostia that is built over the burial place of Paul the Apostle.

The clocktower of St Paul's Outside the Walls

The beautiful interior of St Paul's Outside the Walls

The altar in Basilica of St.Paul's Outside the Walls.

This apse mosaic was painted by Venetian artists showing Christ is flanked by his apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and Luke.

The tabernacle of confession of Arnolfo di Cambio (1285). 

The outside of St Paul's Outside the Walls

In front of St Paul's Outside the Walls.

This was actually the first basilica that I went so I was totally awe by the interior architecture especially the ceiling. To people who have plenty of time to explore Rome, I recommend you to pay a visit to this basilica of St Paul before going to St Peter in Vatican City to feel the significance of it.

Mc Donald for dinner and you will be surprised we had Mc Donald even for almost every meals. It's cheap and delicious for backpackers like us who didn't have so much money. I super love the strawberry milk shake so much that I ordered it every time even for breakfast.

We were already cautious enough to avoid any unwanted incidents such as being pick-pocketed however still someone almost opened my backpack from behind while inside the metro. Luckily a local woman who knew some basic english told us to be careful as she spotted him acting suspiciously behind our backs so we turned around and scared him enough to get down to the next station. But not everyone in Rome was as scary as we were warned. Just 3 girls in their early 20s could send some signal of vulnerability to be taken advantage of so we were extra alert with our surrounding. However we still met great new friend along the journey including a good looking man who offered us free drinking water and inviting us to sit inside for free whenever he spotted us spending almost an hour waiting for the bus every night. I forgot your name but would like to thank for trying to help us getting train tickets to Pisa. xoxo.