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A sleepy little city called Rome...
Well arriving in a hot dirty big city like Rome was interesting... it makes Amsterdam look like Ekatahuna (in a good way).
Alex lost his train ticket, then mine got stuck in the validator thingy then we missed the train and had to wait 30 mins... then catching the metro to our hotel coincided with rush hour
but we got to our little bed & …
Day 2 in Rome
... which turned out that he wanted one of us to read the second lesson. Any one of us would have failed miserably. The service left us moved and feeling great. We stopped in at a bar having apperatif. Our guide yesterday told us that Romans have dinner after 8:30 and have apperitif prior to that. Apperitifs are served with the purchase of a drink or wine and can usually substitute for a meal for those without much means. Inside this bar, we met Tim ...
When in Rome...
... The best part of that was watching an excavation team at work digging up more ruins. It is crazy how people are still working to excavate Rome!
We couldn't spend as long as we would have ...
Day 3 (Catch-up Number 1!)
... it really is. I'm sure that will be a lesson from Ricardo another day! Seriously, this guy needs to start getting paid for giving tours or something because he knows everything about Rome by heart.
The newly excavated ruins were kinda cool, but a long presentation that was a little over dramatic. The neatest thing about it was that we got to walk on glass directly above the ruins.
That night I had legit gnocchi for the first time and it was delicious ...
What a Mess!
... the attendant! When it was finally my turn I explained to the attendant in a mixture of English and Italian what happened with the board telling me one thing, the ticket telling me another and making sure he realised this was my first time using the trains in Rome. I think he took pity on me and my bad Italian; gave me a ticket for the train leaving in half an hour without charging me for another ticket. Maybe that papal blessing from this ...
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