In Rome, I felt like it was another big city. Contrary to Florence, Rome did not wow me as much as I thought it would. This may be due to the fact that this was the end of a 10-day excursion and I was getting exhausted. My feet were hurting, I was tired, and I was starting to miss my bed. I do want to head back to Rome to give it another chance, but honestly I didn’t love it as much as Florence. I did have some really good pizza in Rome. Sat on the Spanish Steps, saw the Trevi Fountain. The Pantheon. The Coliseum. All the things. I want to go back to Rome to redo the Coliseum. We visited on a day that I was very tired and just wanted to get through the tour. I said all that to say, go to Rome. I need to go back and fully enjoy it. Summer 2025 is a little busy already, but maybe Summer 2025 will prove to be different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I learned about my trip is that the street vendors will want you to buy their items more aggressively than the deranged looking off-brand Mickey Mouse in Times Square. Just tell them no and keep it moving. I can’t wait to visit Europe again next summer. Europe may just be my Off Season destination of choice. Where should I go next? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italy stole my heart. Especially with the food. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1043,1129,1047,1042],"tags":[25,1161,1160,1003,1162],"class_list":["post-13016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-off-season-destinations","category-the-latest","category-travel","tag-featured-post","tag-italy","tag-off-season","tag-travel","tag-travel-destinations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n