Roma 2010-07-12
First of all the people that I have met so far. There was the doctor from mass, there was a nice Australian couple. There were three co-ed’s from England, another group of guys from Australia and a bunch of people from the states. NYC, LA, and others. The Marriott tends to attract a lot of Americans… I think I need to branch out.
Today was hot. I sweat a lot, but I did the hop-on hop-off thing again. I hopped off at St. Peters Square and climbed MANY steps to the copula. It was the very top of the cathedral and the steps were the nastiest steps I have ever stepped on. You have to see those pictures. The wall in the stairway are actually tilted and the last set of steps actually have a vertical rope hanging acting as a hand rail… it was cool. Going down on the ancient steps… if you slipped, you would keep falling a very long time. One of the American, Marriott people told us on the bus that some woman actually had two inch heels doing this… not to smart!
After some refreshments I hopped back on the bus and had to do the Coliseum. I did the audio tour so I could move up in the line. The audio tour was not good. It was not clearly marked; it took me forever to find the steps. Oh well, it was pretty cool.
I was really smart today. I geo-tagged the picture of where the bus dropped us off. This way I was actually able to find it all by my self… good thing because there is no one here to help :>
I booked my train to Pisa using the kiosk, I took the metro several time and did not get lost once. I am going to Pisa tomorrow at 13:00. I took the faster train. I am not sure if I will stay overnight or not. I found a small hotel 400 meters from the tower so it is an option. I still am not sure how to get from Pisa to Barcelona via ferry. I like the ferry for some reason.
I was goofing off and watching volleyball in the lounge and not blogging… oops…
Time to pack and drag all of my stuff around tomorrow. I am not sure if I will sight see or maybe hang at the pool for a while… tough call…