Roma Bustles, and an 80 year old goes off-road.
Today’s Hop on Hop off trip around Rome showed an energetic and vital city framed within numerous historical milestones. Our trip was a little curtailed with regard to highlights owing to 2025 being a Jubilee Year for the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, this type of trip is a great way to see a working city in action, in all of its intensive glory. The scale of the Colosseum and the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II (pics below) are still jaw dropping to see again, along with other architectural highlights. The Romans were pretty confident and hugely expansive with their building projects. They were also mindful of kicking back and enjoying leisurely pursuits like gladiatorial events and chariot racing. INTERESTING BUNCH OF DUDES. Pic below of the remains of the Circus Maximus chariot track. Shades of harness racing in Melton Victoria. Some things never change. I reckon there would have been a fair amount of punting going on at Circus Maximus. Archaeological diggings are still ongoing in various locations. A bit of shopping topped off a cruisey day, along with a return to a favourite coffee shop (Peppy’s bar) that we visited 11 years ago. Literally sitting in the same spot. Sentimental. Love returning to favourite locations. Spanish Steps update. An 80 year old drove his car down the Steps literally 3 minutes from us, in the early hours overnight. Told police that he was going to work and took a wrong turn. Use of a GPS device? Licence renewal an issue here as well as in Australia. And while we’re at it, were Romans using really small bricks in their construction adventures? Dunno. Looks like it.
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Enjoying these daily Gaz! Keep em coming!
Yes will do Mark. Feel privileged to be doing this trip. 36 here today……all about finding a cool coffee hang shortly. Trust ur well.
Glad your Roman Holiday is a blast! Cheers Sky.
Very surprised the AFL aren’t looking at a 20th Franchise based out of the Colosseum but I guess they’re once again running into the Tassie ‘no roof’ scenario. Photos take me back to Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. You might have to throw on a bag of fruit for authenticity.
Yes, wouldn’t surprise me if the AFL were trying to do a deal involving the Colosseum and a 20th team. Clarkson whining about playing games in Launceston recently. Feels that the AFL are using the spectacle of shit wet games to justify a stadium with a fuc$ing roof. Re Rome, as I said in the blog, the scale of those big structures (and others) was really something yesterday. 36 here today so not alot of scope for really stretching out. Optimal time to be visiting Rome apparently Sept and Oct. The Peck Hepburn throwback was a classic. Yes I need a suit. Shorts don’t cut it on the Spanish Steps. Can you imagine how much fun they had in the 50s doing that film. Off to Paros tomorrow.