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Ancient Rome
... the top of our street then take our bus down the via nationzle and get of just short of the fountain, or so we thought, but we do end up at the Piazza del Quirnale.Piazza del QuirinalePiazza del Quirinale and the Palazzo del Quirinale sit atop Quirinale Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome. From ...
And they STILL won't stamp my passport!
... of doing this, dreading a long line for the panoramic view of Rome it presented, but it seemed quiet manageable upon our exit, so we hiked our way up the 551 stairs. The climb was easy, though the passageways were very narrow and often at a steep angle running parallel to the dome, but the view! We had the chance to see the fresco inside the basilica's dome up close, AND we had a fabulous view on the outside of the cupola. We picked a secluded little ...
Working the system in Vatican City
Our Rome trip happened to line up with the last Sunday of the month which meant free day at the Vatican Museum. We knew the crowds would be horrendous, but we were prepared and got in line for the Vatican Museum over an hour before the doors opened. On the subway ride there, it seemed that every other person in sight had the exact same itinerary planned. Instead of the usual tourists interspersed with locals on the subway, we saw only awkwardly ...
Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.
... the entrance) we noticed the line for the people without guided tours was ridiculously long. I mean like 3+ hour wait to get in to the Vatican if we missed our tour, not to mention that we'd be out our $200 USD that we pre-paid for the tour. We started to get worried about the time that my watch read 9:14am and the entrance was still no where in sight. In any case we finally showed up to the entrance at about 9:18am to our meeting place, ...
Mishaps, meals and misbehaviour
... unsuspecting tourists being mown down as we head towards Nero's palace, the Domus Aurea and then on to the Colosseum.
By now we're dab hands at this Segway lark, and although Shellie looks like she'd be having more fun strapped to the back of a bucking bronco, Coman, Clodagh and I are grinning like lunatics as we dodge traffic and weave our way past staring pedestrians. Obviously those are looks of envy and not ridicule!
After the Colosseum and the Arch ...


