Omg! I literally waited 3-4 months for this amazing and long trip with my family! I still remember when we started planning it. It looked very far, as if time didn’t go by. But in the blink of an eye I was already taking a flight to Rome to meet my family there after not seeing them for over 7 months!

I could feel the excitement in every part of my body during the 2 hour flight. I was so eager to see them. And it indeed was as I had imagined it, or maybe even better. The first one that saw me was my sister. I mean, arranging to meet up in a big international airport like Rome’s, plus not having data is kind of hard. So finally my sister saw me from the distance and hurried to give me a hug and welcome me. Right after, of course, my lovely niece saw me and I could see how happy she was to see me there standing right in front of her. She literally approached to me tanning and gave me a long warm hug. The kind of hugs that show so much love. All the love accumulated in the last 6 months. And after that, my parents came to meet me too and hugged me and kissed me and we were just so loud and expressive that I could notice people smiling while looking at us.

It was magical. It was real.

There I was with my family. In Rome.

Rome was absolutely beautiful. Very old style, a little loud, yes, and maybe dirty, but it was still gorgeous. The people are very kind, of course. And all of them very excited to talk to us.

Also, the weather was incredibly nice and warm. I mean, compared to the cold gray winter I experienced over the last couple of months in Paris and during my trip to Sweden.

Fontana di Trevi was my favorite spot. Despite the craziness of the people and turista taking pictures everywhere, the sculptures and architecture was beautiful. It is a very vibrant city. The sun up in blue clear sky. The vibe is just something you can’t describe.

I fell in love with Rome.

I threw my coin to the fountain. Maybe one day life will take me back to Rome 🙂

I must confess I was so skeptical about going there. I was not interested nor excited about it, but let me tell you that as soon as we got there, the only thing I could think of was “I love this fairytale kind of gothic place known as Prague”. Actually my entire family thinks the same. We kept saying that it was such a lovely place. The downside though was the unexpected weather. It even snowed one morning! But oh my, it was lovely to enjoy the snow with my dad and see my little niece holding tiny snow flakes on her little hand. Also, the apartments-hotel that we booked were amazing. We really had a great time there 🙂