Today was hop on hop off bus day to get that overview we like. We first strolled over to the Trevi Fountain because the nearest stop for the buses was there.
Carol has seen the fountain but I never realized how grand it was. What an amazing piece of work. It seems to grow out of the side of this imposing building on one side of the square. Carol did the obligatory coin toss (over her left shoulder) while I videoed it for posterity.Wonderful, and crowded.
Now for the hop on hop off madness. We scored the best seats. Up top and right up front. The better to see the mayhem on the roads. Traffic seemed like total anarchy and chaos with everyone zipping in and out, crossing lanes, coming out of nowhere, going nowhere. And that was just the cars. The motorcycles and mopeds were at an altogether wilder level. We expected someone to die at every turn but amazingly the traffic flowed rather well, thank you very much. And oh yeah, throw in crowds of pedestrians who don't seem to know there are sidewalks built especially for them. If that was going on in Vancouver our hospitals would be full.
The tour itself cruised by many of the top sites including the train station where we leave from next Wednesday, Santa Maria Maggiore church, the Colosseum, Forum, Circus Maximus, Piazza Venezia (talk about imposing architecture!), the Vatican and back to Trevi fountain. We really liked the area around the Colosseum/forum/Circus Maximus and plan to spend a day there on foot later.
Home for a nap until 1800 and out for groceries capped by a panini and coffee at a local bar. The end.
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