Checklist complete!

Vittoriano Palace by night.

06.01.2012 – Friday, day 18

Mama Mia! What a busy day we have had today. First we jumped on board another “hop on / hop off bus tour” which was a bit of a flop really. Besides from being freezing sitting on the top deck, there was hardly any information provided about the city and it’s contents. What we did learn from this experience though is that Rome’s road rules are pretty much non existent! There are no lines marked on the roads and people drive and park anywhere they want. On top of this, people pretty much walk everywhere they want too without looking and, if I didn’t know any better, I would have thought I was on a bus driven by the

Grim Reaper himself! We nearly wiped out a dozen people!

Some things that we did that we enjoyed today were visiting Rome 3D-Rewind. Similar to the London Dungeon tour that we did except we were taken back into ancient Roman history and given a 3D experience of what it was like to be a Gladiator inside the Colosseum etc. Next we made our way to the Pantheon and then Piazza Novona which was absolutely packed with people as the Catholic Church was celebrating the solemnity of the Epiphany. There were all kinds of fete’s and market stalls set up here with yummy food, gifts and toys etc.

Tomorrow is our last day here in Rome so we are going to take it easy and jump on a train to the coast. Have had a great time so far but in need of a decent rest! We are officially over halfway of our trip, time has flown.

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A lot of the streets are decorated like this at night and packed with people!

Out the front of the Pantheon

Having a bit of fun

Hercules, Hercules!!

At the Piazza Novona