2. 30,000 people file through the Vatican every day during high season (March through November, Easter and Christmas. Each person pays 10 Euro - do the maths on that and you’ve got a tonne of money being made every day for their collection!!
3. We have walked on average 18,000 steps a day since being here. Some of that includes running to catch buses, missing them, then having to run the streets of Rome to get to our tour on time!!
4. Toilets are a rare thing here. If you are lucky to find one be prepared to buy something or paying a couple of Euro for the privilege of using the loo.
5. The average temperature has been a brisk 14 c and sunny with not a cloud in the sky. It’s been a lovely respite from the heat at home and makes dealing with the INSANE crowds much easier.
6. I recommend NOT coming here in the summer. If the crowds are mad now it makes me shudder to think what they would be like in peak season.
7. Seagulls are about twice the size as their Australian counterparts (maybe it’s all the pasta and pizza on offer here) and I swear they squark in an Italian dialect.
8. Hawkers are everywhere and they are very annoying. We must look like tourists because they offer us their wares (in particular selfie sticks and battery chargers) every time we walk past. Seth has rather ingeniously designed his own selfie stick using a stick he found on the ground!! I guess we are in the city that is renowned for brilliant artists and designers of the past and present - perhaps some of it is rubbing off!
9. Rome has marble footpaths!!
10. Collosseo (colosseum) is Italian for long wait. Not really but it could be. We waited in line for about 2 hours just to get into the venue (plus another hour to get our tickets). Next time we’ll just book online and pay the extra 12euro. It was worth it though. The mind boggles at the thought of how this structure was built - it really is a colossus of building.
Xx N
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