When we landed in Rome after spending 4 days in Paris, it felt like home! We are not Italians and never been to Italy before but there was this warmth, an unexplainable weird feeling going on inside us. We both said (almost at the same time) ‘we will so love it here’ and then he nodded when I said, ‘it feels like home’.
I grew up eating Indian and Indo-Chinese food. I used to apply olive oil on my face instead of pouring it on food and the first pasta I ever made had nothing al dente about the penne I used. In short, I knew nothing about Italian food until not so long ago and yet, there was this extreme contentment that I felt when we reached there.
It was like I could live there forever!
I am sure there are many of you who might feel the same about Italy and find a similar love for Italian food. Today, I not talking Italian food but sharing with you some of the snapshots from the trip we took during Thanksgiving, last year. It’s been a while and I should have shared the photos earlier but you all know how year-end always turns out to be!
We were there for four days and had planned to visit spots like Vatican City, Fontana di Trevi, Spanish Steps and of course, Colosseum. But we ended up seeing much more than that as we walked by from one destination to another, except for Vatican City, which we travelled by the local metro.
Rome would probably be the only city that we saw on foot, walking non-stop from morning to night, stopping by the cafes, several museums and churches, absorbing whatever this city had to offer us.
On the last day, we was really sad and wished we could stay here, wished we could seen more of Italy, visited local vineyards, ate more of those local oh-so-delicious Italian food and walked more cobbled streets.
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Rosa
January 18, 2013 at 5:02 PMWonderful pictures! Thanks for making me dream…
Cheers,
Rosa
Vijitha Shyam
January 18, 2013 at 5:28 PMAwesome pictures. I was waiting for these. Finally madam had the time to post it 😉
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
January 18, 2013 at 5:42 PMBeautiful photos! I’m in the process of editing mine…Rome is so photogenic! 🙂
Kankana Saxena
January 19, 2013 at 9:58 AMOh share soon! I loved the place, the people and everything about Rome. 🙂
Nicole
January 18, 2013 at 5:46 PMI know what you mean. I had never had any desire to visit Italy, but an opportunity came up last fall and I found myself there for 10 days, 4 of them in Rome. I fell in love with the people, and especially loved how walkable Rome was. I have no doubt that I will be visiting again soon.
Your pictures have made me hope that will be soon…
Ira Rodrigues
January 18, 2013 at 5:54 PMBeautiful Pictures Kan, you have great ayes to do travel photography.
Rose Magpies Recipe
January 18, 2013 at 6:12 PMWow K! Even Rome cannot be as beautiful as you make it! HOW do you suspend water like that? Magic!
Radhika Vasanth
January 18, 2013 at 7:52 PMI forgot to breath for a moment. Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Deepa
January 18, 2013 at 9:29 PMThose scooters caught my eye !! Are they for rent purpose? My sister went mad over the beauty ..You eye for picking up details made Rome more magical place
Ella-HomeCookingAdv
January 18, 2013 at 11:32 PMThese photos are lovely:) I love Italy too, love returning there, I had the chance to visit places in Italy for more than 6 times, every time we had a great time. We didn’t get yet to Rome but this is our next goal:) I am glad you had a beautiful time. Which is your next location you will visit in Europe:)
Kankana Saxena
January 19, 2013 at 9:59 AMI wish we had more time in hand to travel other places in Europe 🙂 It was a short trip and we visited only Paris and Rome!
Sarvani
January 19, 2013 at 12:18 AMOh.. Italy has been on the travel wish list forever!! lucky you!! Couldnt help giggling and nodding when you write, “the first pasta I ever made had nothing al dente about the penne I used”.. :))
Reem
January 19, 2013 at 6:47 AMBeautiful as always! !!traveled through the eyes of your camera…
Breathtaking Gorgeous.
B/w those scooters are sooo fun
Vishakha
January 19, 2013 at 6:49 AMGorgeous pics! Have seen it a couple of times since morning and would love to see Rome for myself now!
Erin Hess
January 19, 2013 at 7:13 AMBeautiful pictures as always! Thank you for sharing.
Debbie
January 19, 2013 at 10:17 AMYour photos are amazing! I’ve been to Italy but my pictures somehow do not look the same. 🙂 I especially love the ones you took at the fountain. The drops of water are awesome. Great photographer you are! Now I long to return with my camera.
Eha
January 19, 2013 at 5:00 PMYou have an amazing eye for design! I have been lucky enough to visit Italy and Rome many times, but you make all the familiar spots look delightfully different. My favourite just has to be the Trinita dei Monti church atop the Spanish Steps and in sunshine: our home away from home, the Villa Hassler is just to the right of it 😀 ! Thanks for a Sunday am journey!!
Marco Fiori
January 20, 2013 at 10:10 AMIncredible photos! I love Rome and I’m glad you did as well!
Nami | JOC
January 20, 2013 at 10:00 PMThank you, thank you, thank you! I enjoyed the pictures and your stories so much…and I feel like I just traveled to Rome….
indugetscooking
January 20, 2013 at 10:36 PMAwesome! Enjoyed the pics…
Lail| With A Spin
January 21, 2013 at 2:08 AMWonderdul pictures. We are deciding on our trips this year and Rome was on top of the list but reconsidering given the fact Rome will require a lot of walking. Not so sure how that would go with a toddler.
Your pictures are giving me a second thought on Rome.
wok with ray
January 21, 2013 at 8:54 AMBeautiful photos as always. Like what Nami says, it feels like you just traveled to Rome. Thank you, Kankana and have a good week! 🙂
Colette @ JFF!
January 21, 2013 at 1:11 PMAh, Bella Roma, home of the gelato. YUM
Aunt Clara
January 22, 2013 at 4:42 PMTen years ago my husband and I spent over a month in Italy. It was more than we expected. I loved every minute of it, warts and all. There are so many other places I want to visit, and we never go twice to the same country (unless to visit family) that I don’t know when I’ll be back, but I have to say I ache to do it.
I love your pictures. I brought a digital camera in my trip, but they were so basic then that my pictures look nothing like it.
nipponnin
January 22, 2013 at 5:11 PMI’m so jealous. You’re so lucky! Those photos are fantastico! You’re so talented.
Pia
January 25, 2013 at 5:53 AMoh gosh! beautiful, beautiful! you’ve captured the golden roman light so perfectly. the photographs will stay with me for a while, kankana.
Sharmistha
January 26, 2013 at 12:20 AMBeautiful pictures! What is the place with the winding staircase?
Kankana Saxena
January 26, 2013 at 10:19 AMThanks you 🙂 That’s inside Vatican City museum. It was the exit stair through the store.
goboroot
February 3, 2013 at 4:40 PMWhat are amazing shots!!! Love them. You made me want to go to Italy this spring.
marla
February 8, 2013 at 3:04 AMSuch a stunning journey. Your photography is perfect! Happy I found your blog today 🙂
Kankana Saxena
February 11, 2013 at 10:00 PMThank you Marla, so much! I love your blog and the variety of things you share in it 🙂
IshitaUnblogged
March 5, 2013 at 9:56 AMThis beautiful post brought back a whole lot of Nostalgia of our Rome trip. Amazing, right – the quaintness and the charm, the liveliness and the decadence?
Raluca Marie Wolfski
March 28, 2013 at 4:42 PMi have always postponed Rome because i have Paris waiting for me for so many years. but i’m pretty sure i would get along with its streets and probably the best time is in spring or autumn, when the weather is balanced.