{"id":272,"date":"2009-02-05T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2013-10-19T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T13:54:05","slug":"from-sorrento-to-rome-and-back-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/locations\/italy\/from-sorrento-to-rome-and-back-again.php","title":{"rendered":"From Sorrento to Rome (and back again!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic-box size-full wp-image-581 alignright\"  title=\"Sorrento\" alt=\"sorrento1_05_02_09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sorrento1_05_02_09.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>I\u2019m on an Italian course here in Sorrento, but I\u2019ve actually just got back from a trip to Rome! The Eternal City. I don\u2019t quite know why it is called the eternal city, but it is. I suppose\u00a0 it has got an eternal feel to it, fabulous architecture, THE COLISEUM (incredible is an understatement), the Vatican, the museums, the food, the people, the, the, the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Wow! Everybody should go to Rome, at least once in your life, and I suppose a lot of people do go there. In fact, it was packed with tourists and just think, we are still in the throes of winter, and a really wet and damp winter it has been so far.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But, I can\u2019t imagine spending a long time there in the summer \u2013 too much traffic, heat, people and noise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic-box size-full wp-image-582 alignleft\"  title=\"Sorrento\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sorrento3_05_02_09.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>To be honest, I have already organised myself from now until the summer. 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