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Before more Rome, a few brief notes.

Every toilette on the entire continent is different from all the others. Whether by form (seat, no seat, hole in the ground) or flushing mechanism (button, lever, string to pull, other incomprehensible device), they make each day an adventure. And whats up with airplane food..... really....

So far we have managed not to get ripped off. This is especially difficult with food. One morning at breakfast Bradley caught some guy giving back incorrect change. Dont try to mess with us. We are ulti-tourists. We are genetically programmed to see right through you and humiliate your scamming ass.

They have great outdoor water fountains in this country. Its hard to explain. You plug one spout end and water leaps out another hole into the air for you drinking pleasure.

Of course, I have a picture.

Rome Day 2 we got up and realized that we are Those Weird Hostel Guys. We have developed a bathroom system whereby we go into the bathroom at the same time.... one showers and the other does other stuff (tooth brushing, shaving, etc). Then we emerge together after some time and people look at us odd. Hey, it saves time. And time is precious here.... because we cram stuff into each available second. We rule. We see all. We do all.

We get charged the local rates for breakfast because we attempt a decent bit of italian (2.80 for the both of us aint bad).

Then we head to the Vatican (see the museum, Sistine, St. Peters..... it is all so big, so amazing, so historic, so life changing. We see it all. And we are finished by 11.40 in the am).

What do we do now?

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