Although its a city i really really looked foward to seeing, i have to admit… im a bit disapointing once i arrived. there is grafitti everywhere… and i mean everywhere. there is not a clean place of stone between any stores, some of the train windows you cannot even see out of. Everything from telephone boxes, to plywood at a constuction site… its all tagged. Looking past that, its a crowded place… the roman ruins are scattered around in newer buildings and it seems to hurt the presence of these momuments. Like the trevi fountain plaza… surrounded by 4 dirty everyday buildings… I am willing to bet vatican city is much more clean. Out of respect if anything else… Once you get past the shock that rome wasnt what u pictured in your head, the ruins are really something else. I walked into the roman colosseum, and looked down where the stage once was… and knew i was looking at the place where thousands of people died each year. Epic. Our stay was prolonged at the colosseum though, the chineese president was there for a private tour and they had the whole place shut down for that. police lined the streets, but i did get a video of the precession of cars as they went by. We spent the rest of the day on a tour bus just looking around. I would really like to spend more time here and really get to see and admire some of these things… but time does not premit it. maybe another visit is in order sometime in the future… i think im supposed to throw a coin in the trevi fountain to be able to return or something… some strange myth, but i didnt give that foutain shit… if it wants money it can get a damn job like everyone else!
I went to vatican city today, and the holy bastards closed the sisten chapel before we got to it… so we are going to see it in the morning. I also found one of the spots from angels and demons… the wind… i found the stone on the floor of the guy blowing and stuffs. Tomorrow we take a train to naples (we are staying in sorento because naples is apparently dodgey) … anyways… let me try to get some pictures added to this post tonight! cya guys!