ITS THE LAST DAY :-(
First stop was a trip back to the Vatican so we could do the museum/Sistine chapel tour. We took the metro (subway) for the first time - because of the speed needed not cos our legs were agonizingly painful by now (was that convincing?).
We got there at 9am but the que was already HUGE, it stretched 2 entire sides of the Vatican city wall!!
We stood with a coffee admiring the que for a moment when some dude came badgering us to take his tour instead. -You can wait in the que for like 2 hours at least or pay me an extra £30 and go in 10 mins on the tour?- bought him a coffee and left as a tactic to get away.
Why donÂ’t tourists from other countries understand the benefits of a good que? ItÂ’s not till you go abroad that you really see how English a thing queuiis. TheThe Vatican was no different with people trying to take each other at every opportunity, cutting across the inside at corners, using the nick knack sellers as distraction to advance into your place. It felt like a very slow formula 1 race Â… F3000 maybe?
ThatÂ’s the other thing the English like Â… to grumble at things not being done "properly" (being beaten). We were not beaten. :-)
Inside there is a surprising amount of gold everywhere, which can be overwhelming and ridiculously long corridors! (my feet still ache at the thought).
The popeÂ’s Egypt collection was pretty impressive (one of the best in world they say) like this chapter from the book of the dead. Just like in "The Mummy" only Â… nothing like it at all really.
Next we set offcoliseumolosseum but stopped along the way @ a Italian resturantreturant (pure tourist tack but cheap enough). The pasta part was fine but I just could not stopgaggingf gaging on the meat part. I'm sorry, call me un-cultured if you like buI where i come from beef should not taste like seafood. Urgh just thinking about that makes me want to heave.
One stereo typed viewcoliseumolosseumTo get this shot though Kate haperchedpearsomeone'ssomeones wall very precariously.
We queuinge queing thing again and went into the place ... :-) I was well chuffed cos last time I was here it wasn't even an option to get inside. ..... It isn't all that though. :-( I though it was pretty interesting with all the stuff about how they used to flood the place to recreate sea battles and stuff. And climbing up dead high was fun too but Kate didn't like it one bit something to do with "all the macho killing & fighting going on , all too much testosterone". Obviously not a mans m..girl.
After all our speed sightseeing we headed back to the hotel for a quick change and find a nice bar.
We pulled a wine bar out of the guide and set off - turns out it is only like 2 blocks from our hotel (still we must have walked at least 6 getting lost). We were pretty gutted when we got there ... not cos it was bad but because it was sooooooo good! 2 blocks away why didn't we find it sooner DOH!
The wine was amazing (they wouldn't even give ituntilu untill they were satisfied it was a good bottle) and to top it off we met George Cloony got his signature and everything. Ok so it wasn't exactly him but we did meet this really nice couple and the guys wife was convinced he looked like Ieorge (i really did get an autograph too). They taught us about how to eat Italian snacks the good way and told us all about the Mafia and how they *** censored*** so that the truth about what the Mafia really get up to. Of course if I did tell you I would have to kill youKate
Oh kate would tell meIodon'tf i dont say that I ate sconcoction oncotion made with Sheep cheese too, so there you go ... I did.
We bought a bottle to take back to England with us, would have bought morweren'te wern't skint by now, and headed back.
In a really quite random way we got caught in a Hail storm going back to the Hotel, big chunks the size of marbles, did I mention the just being in a t-shirOuchrt? ouch.
I'm not going to mention anything about anything else asinvolvesinvloves leaving, something neither of us was particularly interested in doing.
That was our 3 days in Rome.
3 comments:
hurrah! it took you three weeks to write about three days - didn't realise we packed that much in!
hurray indeed!!
that ceiling painting is stunning. are those figures painted on or are they real, actual 3-D sculptures stuck to the roof? I presume the latter?
I experience horrible foreign queues in bethlehem where crowds of idiots queued to kiss something or other where jesus was supposed to have been born. horrible experience.
idiot foreigners!!
actually as far as i remember it is all paintings on the ceiling! they are just very clever and do a 3d effect. it is a mad place is the pope's house!
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