Today I decided that I really needed to get a handle on the layout of Rome. If the city is build on a grid, I have yet to figure that out. Streets zig-zag and even the straight ones often change names somewhere along the way - perhaps just to frustrate the tourist... So today I pry open my wallet and buy a ticket on a "hop on/hop off" double-decker tour bus. It's a good deal. You can hop off anywhere and then back on, all day long, for under 20 euro. I, however, chose not to hop. I claimed a seat on the top of the bus, plugged in my head phones to hear the guide and proceeded to sit through 3 laps around the city. By the middle of the 3rd lap I really had to find a bagno (bathroom) so I hopped of at the Trevi Fountain stop. I had been there earlier in the week with my Chicago pal Sandy Strauss, who was in Rome on business. (or so she says, but I think it was actually so she could check up on me, which I am so very grateful for)
I sat at the fountain for over 2 hours, moving from spot to spot to keep my butt from falling asleep and to change my point of vision. I also became that person that everyone seemed to ask "would you mind taking our picture" - which I happily did. I then spent another 3+ hours sitting at nearby cafe where Pedro and I enjoyed a quattro formaggi pizza and small bottle of Chianti as we watched the crowd come and go...
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