Rome wasn’t built in a day, but that is all the time we had to see it.

The first thing we did was leave one of our bags at the Rome airport, Fiumicino.  Talk about panic.  We had a great cab driver (perhaps if he were better we would not have left one bag on the curb), but he was a great help finding it before the bomb squad blew it up.  Called all of his friends to help find it and walked her through retrieving it from security.  They take this kind of stuff seriously here (in an Italian sort of way).

Rome is a great city.  The Italians have perfected the art of benign neglect.  Let it deteriorate just enough to be interesting. but not enough to disappear.

Tomorrow, Lecce.

Benign neglect at its best
Fiume Tevere (Tiber River)
Urban Renewal
Saint Peter’s with 20,000 of my friends trying to get an audience with Papa
The inside of the Pantheon;  it always looks like a painting
Never crowded at the Trevi Fountain.
Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo), Think Ben Hur chariot race
A late afternoon snack on our balcony in Rome.

4 thoughts on “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but that is all the time we had to see it.”

  1. I agree…Rome is not on our list to return. Be careful with the credit card and your belongings

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