Rome - 37,000 steps later

Two days of walking in Rome and I didn’t get very far! You can’t get from point A to point B in anything close to a straight line or without dodging the thousand of tourists still flooding the city. Sunday was quite insane, it was a beautiful, warm sunny day and the crowds were almost impassable. I made it to The Coliseum in the Piazza del Colosseo, with one wrong turn along the way. There isn’t anything to say about The Coliseum except WOW! Unfortunately I was unable to get skip the line tickets and the line to buy tickets was close to 3/4 of a kilometre long. I strolled along the Via dei Fori Imperiali which is closed to traffic and full of archeological ruins, temples, Basilicas, statues, monuments, buskers, opera singers, and hundreds of dogs! Italians bring their dogs everywhere, restaurants, bars, cathedrals, grocery stores, public transportation and yesterday I saw two in a beauty salon…not sure who was getting a new hairdo! The Roman ruins along the Imperiali date back to 306AD. Walking further up the road, I missed the turn to the Fontana di Trevi but ended up in the Piazza del Popolo with its obelisk and Basilica said to be home to the ashes of The Emperor Nero. It was hot and every outdoor restaurant was busy (typically they close at 2:00pm and reopen in the early/late evening). I made the journey back to my apartment and spent the later part of the day planning my transportation to the airport, which was giving me big time grief!Читать далее