Rome, Italy Feb 13 to 17 2003
Rome is a great city, as everyone knows. You simply wander around the town, blundering into monument after monument. We went to all the famous tourist sites, plus many we don't know, and had a great time.
Our hotel was a few blocks from the Spanish Steps, with our own private terrace overlooking the city. Very nice, but very expensive. Need to find cheaper digs, or our 6-month trip will be 3 months.
Yesterday there was a large antiwar demonstration. They say one million people, wandering around with PACE (Peace flags), and communist flags. One couple overheard our American Accents, and gave us very dirty looks, and moved away from us. Beth glared back. I was too slow to say anything. So we would not be identified as Fascist warmongers, I used my three phrases of Russian from High School and Beth used her few phrases in German.
Rome is a great city, as everyone knows. You simply wander around the town, blundering into monument after monument. We went to all the famous tourist sites, plus many we don't know, and had a great time.
Our hotel was a few blocks from the Spanish Steps, with our own private terrace overlooking the city. Very nice, but very expensive. Need to find cheaper digs, or our 6-month trip will be 3 months.
Yesterday there was a large antiwar demonstration. They say one million people, wandering around with PACE (Peace flags), and communist flags. One couple overheard our American Accents, and gave us very dirty looks, and moved away from us. Beth glared back. I was too slow to say anything. So we would not be identified as Fascist warmongers, I used my three phrases of Russian from High School and Beth used her few phrases in German.