When In Rome
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
After we arrived to some gorgeous weather, we swung into full tourist mode. This involved seeing, at a swift pace, several sites in the city in succession, with little pause for breaks or meals or rest for barking dogs. This was the truly un-Roman part of our stay here. Romans don’t visit the Colosseum!
They don’t tramp through the Forum on foot under the hot sun (why would you when you can weave through ultra-congested traffic on a scooter instead), and they don’t, under any circumstances, skip a meal. We should’ve followed their example and stayed away from the Spanish Steps
and Trevi fountain during tourist season because we couldn’t get near the latter and couldn’t see the former for the tourists. Literally.
However, we did “do as the Romans do” a couple of times: I bought HUGE sunglasses and wore them everywhere, even on the metro; we admired the greenery and the beautiful trees that can be seen on hillsides and along the river; and we did take Sunday off to laze about on the balcony of our hotel and enjoy some parmigiano, fresh mozzarella and olives with our wine.
