Sunday, October 01, 2006

Driving in Rome is easy?


Driving in Rome is really easy……perhaps you might tell from the photograph that I might not be telling the truth! Came into Rome right on peak hour – not a good move, then got lost as the roads had all changed due to roadworks…kissed the ground (pope style) when we finally found the camping place. Went on a tour of Rome leaving the next morning at 7.00am – we left the driving to someone else – hooray! The tour was excellent – the Pantheon (over 1800 years old if you don’t mind) was amazing, then to the Trevi Fountain. The guide told us that if you throw one coin you will come back to Rome, 2 coins and you will get married, 3 coins and you will get divorced and 4 coins would get rid of your mother in law…I played it safe and threw one coin. St Peters Basilica (where the pope appears from the window) in the Vatican City was really awe inspiring…a huge huge church (the largest Catholic one in the world) that had so many enormous marble sculptures celebrating religious figures. The next day we went on a tour in Rome that included the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Circus Maximus. All very interesting. On the way back to our accommodation the Italian bus driver got lost… He didn’t speak English but we got by with ‘scuzi’ and some really bad Italian until we arrived and celebrated by saying "bravo, bravo"!!

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