Tuesday 25 October 2011

general feel of rome

On arrival it was somewhat cold and instead of the seeing the sights of rome we rested for a few hours (our flight was early in the morning and nearly all of us were tired). Once we were all up we decided to see the Spanish steps which most English tourists never see and focus mostly on the colosseum and the forum but from the bottom of the steps it is a truely amazing sight because of its scale and the amount of people sitting on them. Another thing about rome is how many street vendors there are which you would never see in London at all, most are selling fake vutton handbags and the sort. Compared to french breakfasts (often croissants and coffee) italian breakfast food is generally made to be eaten cold such as various cheeses, bread and pastries and in this case there was also warmed boiled eggs which went fairly well with the other dishes.