Days 143 and 144 Back in Rome

Well, Rome is like the new Bangkok of Europe for me. A place I seem to come and go and spend a lot of time in. Not too bad of a place to be hanging around. I came back to Rome on a Saturday night. I found my hostel after a lot of, hmmm, what, I thought it was down that ways and found out that it is pretty much an apartment for girls only. As I leave there I think about how I should have stayed somewhere else then I remember that it was only 20 euros and the rest were like 30 plus. Even the shit one with the creapy guy who hit on Jamie. I am settled in and have a few things I want to buy, so I headed out to the shoppers row and buy a new book, A Room With A View, eh. Sometimes you get sick of staring at an e-book. I also desperately need new headphones and as the sun comes out to play I am more and more aware that there are no sandals in my backpack.

The next morning I wake up and talk with a few of the travelers before I take off to see if I can get into the Caravaggio exhibition but after some poking around on the interweb I figured out that it would be a challenge. All the tickets are sold out for the entirety of the event. So as I meander around going in a few churches and such on the way I notice a large amount of people down the street. I keep walking, walking and then I see it. The worlds longest que! I am not the only one who thought, why don't I give this waiting thing a shot. However, these people decided this a lot earlier than me. I am 98% sure that I wouldn't be seeing anything today but the back of the persons head in front of me.



So here I stand. In Rome for the like the seventh day and clueless where to go. I realize while reading Angels and Demons that I haven't seen the Piazza Navona. So I set out in that direction ready to hang around. I took some pictures but soon realize that this is not the piazza for hanging as there are too many tourists and pigeons. I then remember this little park area and realize that I have my newest addition to the backpacking library in my bag. I get a linner pizza and head back that way. It took me 209309 years but I found a place to sit and read and eat my lunch. Not the most active and accomplished day in Rome but pretty fitting for this stage of my trip. A few days of relaxation before I conquer the east. As tomorrow I head to Wroclaw, Poland!




Piazza Navona


Random ruins all over the place