Europe: How can I not love Rome

Rome has not listed in our travel plans, because it is famous for it's busy traffic chaos, refuge and pickpockets and expensive accommodation. This is because you want to go to Capri Island, then Rome also is listed as an important destination for this trip. Experience revealed that the situation is far from travel guide describes so badly, on the contrary, in addition to the monuments of Rome is a very romantic, easy, charm and magic of the place.

Stay in the 5 + 1 day, so after the Rome did not hurry to sightseeing.

Take a simple map, we'll go wandering aimlessly.

Accustomed to Vancouver Island City 50 km/h speed limit (in fact the average speed of 25 km), where the main street of traffic can be used to describe the "terrorist".

Traffic must believe that they are in Canada's high speed, even more overwhelming is those who dress to wear to a small motorcycle. It is said that Roman pedestrian only two classes: the quick or the dead. But go to the alley, Millennium old city, buy food in the rocky road and back to local people, immediately make you feel this is a living city.

Through the few streets, we came to a piazza (square).

Piazza is Italy city layout and important feature of life, large and small, is a gathering place. In the evening, people dressed, ambling through chat, stay, or what is not dry. But today's Rome had to local people and visitors share the city.

Only the middle of the square is a fountain, people feel free to sit next to them.

Opposite is a temple-like buildings in Greece, the post is very high, see some years ago, feel free to wander in, a few minutes, I heard her husband said to himself:

It is fuc*** amazing!

I stared eyes look back at him, he looked up at the large dome, with absolutely no sense to export into the "dirty".

It is a two thousand year history of the famous Pantheon! though to read a lot before on Rome's books, but those text, figures and photographs cannot visit their territory described.

Hi, this is Rome!

Visit the Vatican's five hour tour, knowledgeable tour guides will undoubtedly give us a church history, art, religion courses.

I'm on imperium (empires) has always had a keen interest, especially living in the brilliant people who no longer Empire is how to treat their history and the present. I put this question to the tour guide. She thought for a moment and said: "Rome is a very special place. Nearly three thousand years of history has been the center of the Roman era: Rights Centre, the Centre of christianity, and political center of Italy today. As for the art building, she is one of the ablest of the Centre. Roman history, casually, a taxi driver, you can make a tour guide. ”

I asked: "so the glorious face of the past, have no sense of loss?"

She shrugged his shoulders replied "If you say brilliant is the expansion soils swept up, then times have changed; if you're brilliant is Rome's contribution to world culture, Rome has never stopped.

Mussolini had a revival of the Roman Empire's ambition, but we feel that he is Italy a maniac. Of course, he also did some good things, such as determining the status of the independent State of Vatican City, Rome's traffic conversion. "" No, we do not have the feeling that we feel proud. "

I asked: "what do you think of Rome or Italy were the most outstanding nation?"

She seems to be some do not understand my problem and said "people are excellent, nothing most, more.

Do you mean? "

I smiled and said "Never mind".

This could be me, or is a "knot".

Our hotel is small, is located close to the famous Spain bench near a quiet alley.

We have the best room in the hotel: on the top floor with a balcony. The room is smaller, but sat in the balcony, the Millennium old city. Left in the distance is the magnificent White Monumento A Vittorio Emanuele II, right in the distance, the Vatican, St. Peter the great dome of the Church. The following is the full spring blossoming garden. The front is a convent, a nun sat in the Renaissance style patio bench quietly reading the Bible.

I know I'm in love with Rome.

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Us home flight takes off in Rome, so there is a night here.

Leave the beautiful Capri, I feel very depressed, I think in the long stay there long, but home is currently not implemented. Entered Rome, chaotic noise more let me down. My husband said, I really do not understand how ten days ago, I would like here, also take her column I our future residence. I must be crazy.

Her husband went to see his friends, I don't want to travel together, just go online and shopping.

He came back, I look, I put back the future Rome, residence of the list. His curiosity and ask how to change your mind. I said "I go out, left turn is Millennium history of Egypt Tower monument, casually turning are visible to Bernini's fountain sculpture. ”

"You said I could not love Rome!"

(May 2003)