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Published: November 23rd 2009
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Day 32- Day 33 Roma
Other than having to change hotels a few times (but they have all been in the same block), our first two days in Rome have been wonderful...the weather continues to be sunny and mild, getting cool at night...
We spent Saturday fist "doing" the Roman sights...the Colosseum, the forums, and a great information center on the area, with some new digs right nearby...we finished the day on the top of the Victorio Emmanuelle monument, watching the sun set over Rome...
On Sunday, we took the subway to St Peter's and then walked to for the rest of the day, visiting sights along the way and ending up back at our hotel around 5:00 pm....My favorites today were the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain....
Rome seems like another country...so many tourists and so much intensity here! I can't imagine high season here...there are crowds everywhere now in the middle of November. We are getting used to seeing dozens of people at the hotel breakfasts...we've often been the only ones at other places on this trip. The layers of history are even more apparent here....buildings built on top of older ones...temples to churches...pillaging of old
Detail ceiling, Maria Maggiore
This was gilt with the first gold brought back form the New World... buildings to make new...or just bulldozing them in some cases...
We have given up on restaurants....haven't had the good food we expected (and paying $12 for a plate of just OK pasta is getting tiresome)...but we have found a good pizza place place nearby....
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