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Published: September 13th 2006
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We’re in Italy!!!!
We were excited to have seen each other after 6 months and even more excited about the fact that we had met up in Europe!! One of my best friends, Bianx, met me at the crazy Rome Termini train station from where she and her cousin took me to Nettuno, a small town about an hour out of Rome. We stayed there with her Zia Patricia and her family for the next few days and made day trips into Rome from there. Getting to stay with a real Italian family for the time there was great. I realized that the Italians, like most other Wogs, plan their day according to food, which is justifiable because the food is actually very good. But
the highlight in terms of food for me was the marathon evening of home made wood fire pizza. Before this, I thought tomato paste was a mandatory and crucial for all pizza but let me tell you, not a single pizza had the tomato paste on it! Instead they had topping I had never seen on pizza before such as zucchini flowers and potatoes :O. And the food was of course accompanied by a team of emotional and loud Italians 😊!!! As for Rome, 3 days in Rome is basically the minimum time that you can allow yourself to see all the
main attractions of Rome so those three days were jam packed seeing all the sights in the photos below and more. (And it was great having someone to share the sights with!)
However, a disappointing aspect of Rome was the definitely fashion! Bianca and I were both prepared to shop and spend plenty on fashion in Italy. We both had these grand ideas of buying great quality Italian shoes and great outfits but we have both decided that fashion is another thing that Australia beats much of Europe in. (Yes, we can all hear your outrage as you are reading this, but if you have been to Italy recently we are sure you will agree with us!!) And as for the city itself, two words: HOT & CROWDED! Everyone knows I like the heat but its really not cool when everywhere you go you are having to push through swarms of tourists. And I had to keep reminding myself that I am lucky with the crowds because I was there mid week in non peak season!! I think 3 days in a city with as much to see as Rome is pushing it a bit thin,
Bianx's ‘Mob’
This is how you make wood-fire pizza the traditional way, and I have to admit it did beat La Porchetta’s pizzas ;) but I think that with more than say 5 days you would go crazy with the crowds and the guys on the side of the road trying to sell you stuff.
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