……………….bella….bella……bella!!!!! We arrived in Rome late at night and after a very convoluted taxi ride from the “termini” reached our apartment on the edge of the Vatican City, quiet, with a lovely little terrace and view of St Peter’s. Terrazzo floors, tiled bathroom, bidet…..all very Italian!
Before breakfast we walked along the Tiber and got “befriended” by a very well dressed man in a late model car who was “very famous” in the fashion industry….would you believe his wife was a New Zealander!!!!!.............It wasn’t too long before he tried to reel us in with the old ‘Italian Leather Jacket’ scam……he likes us so much he wants to give us a leather jacket each….left over samples from next years fashion shows………..gift…gift…gift…BUT if we could just help him with some money for petrol. It was very funny because we knew someone who had been scammed in Auckland……..
Vatican City….what can you say……..we decided to ‘buy’ a tour to avoid queuing for 2 hours…we ended up “waiting” at least two hours for the tour to start, but the cool thing was we met another Kiwi couple from the UK so spent the time talking 19 to the dozen with them and hanging out with them all day. It’s great to be with people you ‘know’ and we will catch up with them back in the UK.
Vatican City….Sistine Chapel….the Pieta……spectacular works of art that remind one of the power and wealth of the Church……..the experience takes a lot of processing and we’re certainly not there yet.
Back out into it today to experience another dose of ‘overload’…………golly I wish you were here……………xxxxxxx
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