Rome

Hello!

We are going to talk about our experience in Rome.  Rome is the capital of Italy. This city is located in the middle of Italy, in Laci region near Tiber and 22 km far to the Mediterranean sea.

The weather in August, when we were in Rome, was very hot and it was sun. I needed an umbrela but it wasn't about raining, it was because there was very sun and hot and we needed shade.



The legend of Rome is very interesting, because is talking about the second civilation after Greeks. The legent talk to us  how the sons of Rea Silvia and Mart (god of war) were abandoned in river Tiber because Numitor, father of Real Silvia, was afraid because the "auguris" (birds who have the capacity of predict the future) told him that his grandsons will still his power. When Rea Silvia abandoned her sons, Romul and Rem, a wolf adopted and caring them. When they were adults they decide to create a new city: Rome. The "auguris" decided who govern the city because the power can't be distributed. The governant was Romul, and he killed his brother Rem.

First of all we want to explain our firts impresion we have got of Rome. There was a lot of places where people sold a lot of presents, souvenirs and gifts from there. This little places were located around the Colisseum. The colisseum is a very big construction situated in the middle of the city.  In this places was where the gladiators fighting to entertein people. Also this fights could be with gladiators with  beasts (lions and tigres).

Another place that enjoy us was the Fontana di Trevi. It is a giant fountain with statues of a carriage shaped shell and on this shell, in the middle there is a statue of the God of the ocean, Neptú, the left there is a statue which represent the abundance and the right statue represent the health. 

The legend about this fountain is: If three people throw three coints back each one with their right hand over sholders they will come back, they will be lucky and they will sure a married or divorce and if two people throw two coints, one each one, they will start a new relaxionship.

We like doing traditions and legends therefore our families and us threw a coint each one.

triumphal arch

Triumphal arch are the most important building in Rome. When they had a military victory they build this buildings.

Another thing that surprised us was the quantity of pigeon in spaces.

The typical food in Rome is pasta, pizza and ice-cream. When we were in Rome we ate a lot of pasta with different sauces and toppings, and the best pizza we tasted ever!!! When we were walking around the street we found a lot of little places where we could buy oices of pizza. The pizzas were giant and they were exposed to the people who was in the street. All of ice-cream we tasted in Rome were delicious, but our favourite flavor was xocolat. 

The people who we saw they were spontaneous, friendly and they wanted to you bought their products, even, you could bargaining because they wanted it a lot. In the queue I saw guides who did a route in Colisseum but they didn't working in this places, It wasn't a services of Colisseum. It's possible the Colisseum would had this services but this people bought the tickets and sold ones more cheeper and offer the guides sevices. It happened probably the Colisseum hadn't employed or this people wanted all earning for them. 



MEXICO

Are you looking for a place to relax, to rest, to enjoy the beach and the good weather, but at the same time to make the most of the environment and do activities?

In that case this is your tourist destination: Mexico, in the Riviera Maya, that is located in central- America.

We chose the hotel chain Bahia Principe, concretely the hotel Grand Bahia Principe Akumal that it’s a 24 hours all inclusive hotel.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES OF THE HOTEL

The hotel have 630 fully equipped rooms with multiple supplements, an own bathroom and balconies or terraces for each one.

The hotel also have four restaurants with different gastronomies, an snack bar 24 hours opened with fast food, 9 bars distributed in the beach, the pools and the rest of the resort and different dining areas with self-service meals.

In respect to other services, the hotel also have a golf course, an spa, a gym, a Casino, a service of bikes for rent, a basketball and tennis courts, a football field, a volleyball track, etc..; an own beach where you can play water sports like kayak, jet ski, snorkel, sailing catamaran, etc ; and 2 huge pools and some smaller ones.

They also offer animation activities, games, and shows and performances through all day.

One of the special services that they offer is a bus that drives you to the main building of the resort, and also has a little train you can take to move around all the sites of the hotel.

You can enjoy the Wi-Fi connection on the lobby.

EXCURSIONS

1. XCARET (park eco-archaeological):

You can enjoy the Mexican culture and the Mayan Jungle. In addition of more than 40 attractions for every age it includes shows and performances, gastronomy and a big diversity of animals in a zoo and an aquarium.

It’s located next to the sea and 30 minutes from the hotel. There is a bus service to take the tourists from the hotel to the park and the comeback.

In that park we play snorkel, a travel through underground rivers, and we swim with dolphins that it was an unforgettable experience.

If you bought the tickets with advance they can give you a 15% of discount, and if you go with kids between the ages of 5 to 11 they can give you a 50% of discount.

 

2. Climb the PIRAMIDE NOHOCH MUL from Cobá: built between the ages 500 and 900 and is 43 meters tall, the highest of the Peninsula.

3. Visit a MAYAN VILLAGE

 4. You can go to a lot of beaches for example the “PLAYA DEL PARAÍSO” where we saw the sunset.

5. You can visit different close towns where you can see the everyday life of the Mexican people. For example we visited PLAYA DEL CARMEN.

6. Also an excursion RIDDING QUADS through the wood to a “CENOTE”, that is an underground pond, typical of the Yukatan Peninsula of Mexico.

CURIOSITIES

If you don’t like iguanas this is not your tourist destination because you can find them everywhere.