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Published: October 7th 2010
Keeran:
After that bad meal, we headed back to the city of Rome to do the walking tour. It was Sunday & the streets were closed to traffic and there were just people walking everywhere, & some even riding horses. It was just so nice...and to make it even nicer we saw some hot guys break dancing on the road. then mom wanted a fruit, so we went to a fruit vendor to get an apple, but the price was so shocking we quietly turned and walked away(5euro-R55 for 1 apple) - despicable!!(disgusted face). We then saw some ancient ruins, walked all the way to the Trevis fountain again in the daylight and then headed back to Max's apartment, starving as usual!! We walked down each street in search of food until we came to this delightful little pizza place owned by a really friendly lady and yippee tasty pizza at non touristy prices. There were also many stalls in all the streets like a flea market kind of thing, so we decided to some shopping before meeting Max again. Krisel managed to find some really nice boots for 15euro(R155) ( Italian boots that said'made in China'! - lol). Mom also
Le interesting Things
Some of the interesting things they found on the streets of Rome...an Egyptianbought a pair of boots earlier that day near Trevis Fountain for 27euro(R297). Tomorrow we have to be up early to catch the train to Rimini.
Cindy's edit: ANCIENT ROME:What can be said about ancient rome? Boy is it old!!! It's just amazing to be standing in the Colloseum and to know that a very sophisticated (if brutal) society watched complexly staged events there almost 2000 years ago. And in the Roman Forum, ancient Rome's downtown, orators were orating, judges were judging and Romans were buying and selling goods & services nearly 2500 years ago! Even more amazing, the Forum was almost completely buried until Napoleon's time (mid 1800s). The tops of columns and arches peaked out from the ground and after being buried for 2300 years somebody decided it might be a good idea to find out what was underneath the dirt. The Forum is a public area today so local Romans go there with their takeaway lunch or sit or read or tourist-watch while tourists like us marvel at the civilization of such an ancient society. Really good history lesson for the girls.
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