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Nope, it's Trevi Fountain  
   

Nope, it's Trevi Fountain

I really hate this place. I know it's one of the top three "Must do's" in Rome, but it's such a stupid gathering spot. There are ten million tourists lurking about and almost as many of Rome's least savory characters preying on them. Besides trying to dodge the goofy kids dripping gelato everywhere and standing clear of the living statues lest you make eye contact and they then demand money from you, there are the slimeballs shoving flowers in your face and the seedy dudes selling cheap, easily breakable toys. I constantly keep one hand on my wallet and the other ready to push my way through the crowd. I don't like crowds and this place is one of the most uncomfortable places I've ever been to
Day Six (Thursday)

June 29th 2006
As if the regular Italian breakfast wasn't bad enough, our otherwise wonderful hotel didn't have a breakfast room that could accomodate our group. We had to walk two blocks to a tiny strip mall. The empty lots we passed were chock full of empty bottles, cardboard boxes, dog crap and waist high weeds. The breakfast stop was actually a Chinese restaurant trying to make a few extra bucks by cateri ... read more
Europe » Vatican City

none Flag Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further c... ... read more
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