As soon as we got to the airport we easily found our way to the bus ticket office. Two tickets were bought into town and we were good to go. Until I lost one. It turned out alright though, 'cause Shelley got a replacement gratis. Our first night in the city left me feeling cold about Rome. I seemed to be constantly on the lookout for somebody wanting to mug us!

The next morning we headed to the central train station to see about getting around to see the sights. We decided to join a bus tour. Although we knew it to be expensive (considering a metro ticket to anywhere is two dollars) we only have a day and a half here and it was just easier. We reached our first stop, the Vatican and I duly got my camera out for some happy-snaps. I turned it on and... nothing! I checked inside and there was no bloody battery. We turned around, going back to the hostel to search for it. Couldn't find it anywhere. I checked my backpack again and found I had the battery the whole time! Idiot.

Shelley seemed to take this remarkably well. I think it was from the cold and flu meds she took earlier that morning. We decided to do the Vatican the next morning. We managed to see Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and the Colosseum. Not bad work for a day's work in the pissing-down rain. We spent about three hours looking for a conversion plug for Italy, but it was well worth it to have dry shoes again (courtesy of Shelley's hair dryer - an essential piece of kit).

We have to figure out our next port of call (most probably Prague) on the morrow. We really have to get a move on - only a couple of weeks to go!

written by  10bastards on December 15, 2008 from Rome, Italy
from the travel blog: Eurotrip
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Mum forwarded on your blog... it's good reading...watch out in Prague, when I was there in '94 (ouch!), there was a lot of theiving going on in our camp ground. the women are most beautiful and country side great & cheap beer. Been home from Vietnam for 1 week now... busy making 50 million rum balls etc for xmas day ...hope peoples gluttonous behaviour (is that a word?) over the next 2 days will help pay for the holiday we just had. 40C here at the mo .. Hope you find some great european xmas traditions around to partake in
Lyndsey (your sister)

written by  Lyndsey Hamilton on December 22, 2008

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