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When in Rome, do as the Romans do..
... en soms kondigen ze stakingen aan, die vervolgens niet plaats vinden. De meeste bussen rijden elke kwartier. Als het goed is. Doordat het verkeer nogal een chaos is in Rome, weet je nooit van tevoren hoelang de bus er over gaat doen en wanneer er dus eentje komt als je staat te wachten. Heb je een wat brutalere buschauffeur die zijn bus gewoon overal tussen duwt, dan gaat het een stuk sneller. Toch vind ...
200kms IN ONE DAY
... find- the host looked a bit like how I imagine my brother-in-law will look 10 years down the track. The food was delicious and unpretentious, the service friendly and the place was full of local families. I loved seeing kiddies play peep-bo in Italian, and ‘mamamama’ is a universal game parents play with bambinos. Graham loved playing peep-bo too, with the young, blonde, yummy mummy.
With lunch on board, we walk a few more streets to the Duomo. ...
Viva la Roma
... events in Rome’s history. It was named the ‘rostrum’, after the bows of the ships that form the decorative motif. The Temple of Vesta was the home to the vestal Virgins, charged with the duty of keeping the sacred flame alight. The circular foundations still remain, near to the garden in which traces of the house of the vestal Virgins can still be seen. The Basilica of Constantine and Massentius was used as court ad the three remaining barrel vaulted ...
Bella
... it looked like there never would be. There was a bus though! So we hopped on the bus (after taking 30 minutes trying to buy a ticket!) and hoped for the best. We got extremely lucky in that the bus went in the general direction of the area our hotel was in. We got off the bus and I confidently started walking with our cases in the streets of Rome. I actually had no idea where I was going but we were in Rome! Again we got lucky as I recognised ...
Roman Ruins
... I had asked at the Pantheon and they had said "coffee shops"- well we didn’t feel like being ripped off again but the problem with Rome is that there is a lack of public toilets. Eventually I thought damn it, I’ll just have to ask how much they charge to use their toilet- walked up to a waitress outside a restaurant and asked her how much to use their toilet and she said “zero Euros” so my faith was restored a little bit.
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This bed and breakfast was formerly known as: A Roma


