(I wrote this a while ago, just getting round to posting it now) I had never been to Italy before but it had always been high on my hit list because I love the food and have some Italian friends (and the wine isn't too bad either!). So Em and I got a last minute flight and the first step on our trek was Rome. Unfortunately we were travelling during August which is the busiest time to travel in Italy and also means some stuff can be closed, as a lot of Italians take the whole month off. But most of the attractions in Rome were open. First stop, after grabbing a quick slice of pizza and enjoying my first tasty rice-cheese ball, was the Colosseum, which we
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