And off we go!
Bin # 8 to Rome.
Almost there...
Our first view of Rome, outside Statzione Termini
"Hey! Shutta your-r-r-r kid up-pa, eh?! He-a playin' the saxomaphone all-a day-a long-a! Pasta fazzule!"
Courtyard of our hostel. A private room with 2 bed, bath, bidet (well, a hose out of the wall but it got your ass just as clean), breakfast included, at only 12.5 Eu a night.
Nice, room, eh?
"The Creation of Man" the jigsaw puzzle, framed on the wall of our room.
Roman subway.
"Dov'e posso comprare bigletti di calcio por AS Roma?" After leaving the hostel we set out to try and find tickets to the soccer match that night between AS Roma and Lyon. We found out that the game was almost sold out, and the cheapest available seats were 85eu, almost $120. We decided against it, and lucky for us, because the game later that evening ended in a scoreless tie. We decided to hit the sights, instead.We've all heard the phrase, "It took my breath away." But it's so cliché it doesn't really mean anything. This was sight that greeted us as we walked out the exit of the "Coloseo" subways station. I sucked in my breath with a tight "whoosh" and held it for a few seconds as it registered that I was really looking The Collosseum.
The Arch of Constantine, outside of The Forum.
The entrance to the Forum
The Temple of Saturn (huge!)
A Roman hot dog, purchased at a snack cart just outside the forum (along with a 32 oz Peroni!)
Phil. Beer. Rome.
Il Monumento Vittorio Emmanuel. Here's a video of Piazza di Bonaparte.
The Pantheon.
A typical Roman street, lined with scooters.
Il vino.
Note the street name above the hospital sign.
Watching the first half of the Nice v AS Roma match.
Content.
Our 2nd dinner of the night, 2nd half of the match.
The Elle MacPherson ad was placed directly across the street from a Communist Party office.
Around 2am, chatting with some German tourists.
Buono notte!
Breakfast.
The line for the Vatican Museum. I have 3 other pictures of this. It was nearly a mile long at 11am. We were slackers and had to skip it.
Piazza di San Pietro. Click here for the video.
St. Peter's Cathedral.
Mustache rides in St. Peter's Square.
The church was literally lined in gold. The collection plate ain't getting another dime from me.
The line for the dome. Baby chicken is getting impatient.
It was a tight squeeze getting up there...
A thousand words.
Phil, I'm lost in your eyes like a big pizza pie.
Back at the Colosseum, baby chicken can barely contain herself.
Dusk.
La Fontana di Trevi. Make a wish!
Antipasti di Anchiovi
Primera, ravioli
Wasted.
Secondi, fish with garlic and potatoes.
Where does the table cloth end?
Circus Maximus, site of the chariot races...you could almost hear the crowd's roar.
World Cup graffiti.
I loved the random temples around the city.
At the Andy Warhol bar...
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