Roma 2010-07-12

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…

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