Thursday, July 19, 2007
Oh Rome, the very old and eternal city. It is like being in a gigantic history museum, no buidlings allowed to be higher than the dome of the St. Peter's church.
We arrived yesterday to the Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport, and as expected in Italy, it took ages for the luggage to come. When the luggage finally came out, the airport delivered the luggage in a different location than provided on the monitors. Lots of confused passengers left the airport much later than what would be expected in a normal country, but I guess it is a good way to get people accustomed to Italy.
Yesterday, we stormed through major attactions as the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill, San Pietro in Vincoli (best known for housing Michelangelo's statue Moses), and the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. For the first two attractions, we were lucky to join a guided tour, which meant we could bypass all the lines. Rome has a ridiculous amount of tourists. Except from the few Italians that I have seen working in shops and restaurants, I have no idea where the Italians hang out.
Today, we started the morning with a big tour of the Vatican. Hmm, the internet cafe is closing, so more on this later.
We arrived yesterday to the Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport, and as expected in Italy, it took ages for the luggage to come. When the luggage finally came out, the airport delivered the luggage in a different location than provided on the monitors. Lots of confused passengers left the airport much later than what would be expected in a normal country, but I guess it is a good way to get people accustomed to Italy.
Yesterday, we stormed through major attactions as the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill, San Pietro in Vincoli (best known for housing Michelangelo's statue Moses), and the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. For the first two attractions, we were lucky to join a guided tour, which meant we could bypass all the lines. Rome has a ridiculous amount of tourists. Except from the few Italians that I have seen working in shops and restaurants, I have no idea where the Italians hang out.
Today, we started the morning with a big tour of the Vatican. Hmm, the internet cafe is closing, so more on this later.
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