DAY 27 - Rome (Italy) - Road Rules?

CREATIVE INTERPRETATION. That's what the Italians use when it comes to driving and especially parking! And creative interpretation was definitely what I used when it came to speaking Italian! Somehow we made it to the apartment we were renting for the 3 days in Rome and were pleasantly suprised that it was about a 3 minute walk to the Colloseum from it! (not quite so pleasantly suprised by the fact that no one was there to meet us, but that's another story and just something you get used to while travelling - you can't complain when something goes wrong, you just go with the flow - or in our case, go for a hot chocolate and pastry!). After sorting out tours for later days, it was time to tackle the Colloseum. It really is impressive... it has that WOW factor that makes you just want to go up to it and tap it to check that it's real. We did a self tour with those audio guides you hold up to your ear (no, they aren't loud enough to share between two people at once) which was quite interesting and helped you imagine what it was once like.
LESSON FOR THE DAY: If you want to skip the Colloseum queue, buy your ticket from the Palentine Hill (since the ticket is valid for both places but it has a much shorter queue!)