When in Rome

Trip Start Jul 28, 2008
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Trip End Aug 2008


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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Ok so i've 'done' Rome but i say what exactly i've done later. Yesterday we travelled down to Rome from Venice via Bologna it was a long trip with a 2 hour stop in Bologna with a 2 hour stop in Bologna where we got ripped off for pizza (what should have been 8 ended up being 16) wedecided not to get supplements to save money and it ended up taking a lot longer then it should have. Anyway got to Rome at 7ish and a tourist info guy called Emillio came up to us and offered to sort us out with a room (again a bit suspicious must be an Italian thing). We got sorted with a room and went out for a wander and found the colosseum all lit up for the night so took a few photos of it and the surrounding buildings & monuements.

The next day we went and got a plane ticket for my friend who was only going for 10 days. We then headed out to see the sights it was still fairly early but not early enought it turns out the queue for the colosseum was huuuuge. That was when i had a cunning plan (yes it was as cunning as as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning) We went to the Palitine hill and Roman Forum where there was no queue and got an entry ticket for everything and we were even able to get it 1/2 price as we are young and have no money. So after standing behind the one person in the queue we had a good wander around there and then headed to the colosseum and had another good look around there as well so not bad for €6.50. Came back to the room and went out for Pizza (i see a recurring theme here) but this one was really nice and stone baked. Returned to the room to sort out finances as my friend could use his card abroad so i had being paying for everything and got a bit of a shock when i realised i only haad £150 odd left, fortunatly he'll pay me back fairly soon (he'd better!) Once i stoppped having a panic attack we went to the airport so my friend could get checked in.

Well thats Rome tomorrow i'm off to Brindisi to get a Ferry accros to Greece and hopefully i'll be in Athens by Friday.
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