| One summer my friend and I decided to go to Italy | | | | right choice. Every day we took a train that delivered |
| during the summer holidays. Having read information | | | | us to the heart of Rome, to Piazza del Popolo. After |
| about the tours we decided to do without travel | | | | hustle capital our spacious house surrounded by the |
| agencies. We didn't want to stick to strict programs, to | | | | forest was a rare gift. Fresh air and absolute silence, |
| be in the crowds of tourists, losing lots of possibilities to | | | | interrupted only by the songs of the birds, breathtaking |
| get acquainted with the country more intimately so we | | | | views, hospitable hosts, comfortable living conditions, |
| started to think over our trip. | | | | tasty and hearty breakfasts - these are our |
| We managed to do quite well: six days in Rome with | | | | impressions of "Selva Grande". Besides we were very |
| a day-long journey to Florence. Italy took us by storm! | | | | lucky that our mistress was Russian. She gave us a |
| We'll try to go there again! We spent less than we | | | | lot of pieces of advice that were of great use. She |
| expected. Of course, we spend nerves and time to | | | | told us what transport to choose, where to go, etc. |
| arrange the trip, but Italy was worth that! Of course I | | | | The last pain in the neck was a certificate about our |
| was afraid lest something goes wrong, I was | | | | income. Luckily one must not necessarily be a |
| especially anxious about the visa. But everything went | | | | millionaire to be allowed to enter the country so we |
| quite smoothly. So here's my story))) | | | | didn't have any problems. |
| The most difficult was to get a visa without an | | | | Don't be afraid to arrange the trip by yourself. It's not |
| invitation. In the Italian consulate one must hand in the | | | | difficult! Even the visa question is easily settled. All you |
| documents confirming the hotel reservation and also a | | | | need is time (and nerves;-))) |
| certificate about your income. | | | | Italy shook me, I'll certainly write about it next time. The |
| Then we had to solve the ticket question. Airlines often | | | | only thing I'll say right now is that we really enjoyed to |
| sell discount tickets. We bought ours good in advance. | | | | travel by ourselves. We walked with a map and a |
| The next step was to find and book a hotel. We | | | | guide-book wherever we wanted. And we met our |
| searched the Internet and particularly liked the site | | | | fellow countrymen just two or three times. So if you're |
| There are many lodgings in Rome, from big | | | | also planning such a "single" trip, don't forget to take a |
| world-famous hotels to small private boarding houses | | | | Russian-Italian phrasebook as people in Italy are not |
| (Bed and breakfast), so everyone can find something | | | | that fond of English preferring to speak only in their |
| to his or her liking. We decided to book a lodging in | | | | native tongue. |
| thirty km away from Rome. And in fact that was the | | | | |