When in Rome, roam ...

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Thursday.
It's hot! And it was hot last night in the dorm room. No air con. Slept ok no snores in the room just a little outside traffic noise.
I think the hostel has changed hands since I stayed here last year, it seems to have come down a few notches, but at 26euro per night it's still one of the cheapest beds in Rome. They still offer continental breakfast - stale bread with butter and jam and weak coffee, but at least it's something to start the day with. Shower was hot with lots of pressure so that made me happy. :-)


I have no plans for today just going to walk around. After last years visit I am semi comfortable about my way around Rome from the hostel starting point. So I spent the day roaming Rome. Very hot and as usual crowded with many tourists.
Not happy that my new camera has died, but I dragged it around for the day as it has moments of co-operation where it will agree to take a snap or two.

By the end of the day I was shattered. Hostel was offering free pizza for dinner so I purchased some cheap supermarket beers and took advantage of the free food. Not the best meal, but it was free. After my time in Czech I am really feeling the difference in prices of everything here in Italy compared to there.

Quite night in tonight, I'm going to do some washing in the shower and head off to bed.

Only had one ice cream today - think it was just too hot even for ice cream. Lucky there are water fountains all over the city that gives potable water - otherwise I would be spending a fortune on bottle water.

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Photos

my bed
my hostel dorm room bed - home for the next 5 nights

Trevi Fountain
my favorite place in all of Rome - Trevi Fountain

crowd at Trevi
as usual look as the huge crowd around Trevi Fountain

Spanish Steps
another place that always attracts the crowds

National Monument
Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy.

random statue
just to give you an idea of the size of some of these statues compared to a car

ancient advertising
statue is holding a can of rexona!

hehehe
clever graffiti of no entry sign

ice cream
only had one today

lunch
giant