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Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

Ancient scorching Rome

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Jul 11 2010, 10:39 AM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Rome, Italy

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We slept nice and late, had breakfast and were out of the B&B at about 9:40. We arrived at the Vatican Museum at 9:55 and found out just after 10:00 (when it was supposed to open) that it was not going to open. Apparently it is only open on the last Sunday of the month and then it is also free (not this Sunday). We then got on the red metro line, crossed over to the blue line at Termini, and the got out at the Colosseum. I did not imagine the Colosseum to be as big… it was really impressive. The row to get an entrance ticket, unfortunately, was also impressive in terms of length. After we stood in the queue for about 10 minutes, they indicated that you can skip the queue (and get an English audio guide) if you pay 4.50 Euros extra per person. Since the row in front of us was at least an hour long, we took the option. At this stage it was about 12:00 and the heat was unbearable (35+ degrees). We pressed on, regardless of the heat, and after the Colosseum also visited the Palantine hill and the Roman forum. It was incredible to observe such old structures and around every corner you find a random piece of marble that is over 1500 year old! And there is so much more to excavate! Apparently that is also why there are only two metro lines in Rome… every time they start digging a new tunnel, they find new archaeological remains. After a while in the heat I was not sure which were ruins and which were mirages anymore. It was time to go home. It seems that the sun here is Spanish… it demands/enforces a siesta! After the siesta we walked into the old part of modern Rome again to go to the same bar as the previous night to watch the SWC final. We met up with an Italian heavy metal bass guitar player (who I met the previous night). He was very happy to see us again and we exchanged email addresses. After the game we walked home and only got to bed at about 2:00.

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"Bars"

Written by madroux 35 months ago

Ek is nogal onsteld dat al die "bars" nou eers besoek word na ons vertrek. Lyk my julle dink ons is te oud. Ons sal maar weer moet toer om die teendeel te bewys. Liefde Ma

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