Had a few days to wanderlust so I thought I’d head down to Rome for some sightseeing. It was either that or head over to the french countryside and work my way back to Zurich. It was raining in pretty much all of Europe so I said why knock off another modern world wonder (the Coliseum) off my list. Off to kick it with he Pope.

The train ride was long. It got stuck on the snowy tracks for a few hours so I think it took roughly 12 hours to get to Rome. ThAnk god my hotel was around the corner from the main train station. I would not want to be walking all around that place at night. Checked in and chatted awhile with one of the guys boarded there. He seemed nice but don’t really remember his name.

All I can say about Rome is damn! On a scale of grandioseness you can mark it up there as the old world Las Vegas. I mean tourist everywhere, tons of stuff to gawk at and memorabilia up the ass. I wanted to check off the sights (Coliseum, Vatican. Pantheon) and get the hell out of dodge. For a city that wasn’t built in a day that is all I wanted to spend there. As you can tell I’m not a dan of the big cities.

I got a head start at 6 am to head off over to the Vatican. Hopped on the subway and walked about for a few hour while things opened up. Hung out at St Peter’s for a bit hoping the Pope would come out in his pajamas but he was probably still asleep in his coffin at 7 am in the morning. Perused through the Vatican museum for a bit. Sistine Chapel was amazing. It’s a shame there was no photography allowed cause I would have been all over that shit. The afternoon was spent walking about the coliseum. Did I mentioned it was raining. Fuck rain. It makes me have to clean my lens after every shot. Not cool god. Anyways now i’ve walked all over goddamn Rome. It’s dusk and I’m looking for the Pantheon in a dark ass alley. For such a prominent site they sure made this one hard as fuck to find. I walk in circles for about an hour an a light clicks. iPhone maps! Why didn’t I think o this earlier. Fuck! Found it wihin 10 mins. Checked it off my list and bounced back to he hotel. Rome, you were cool but I can only take 1 day of you without getting annoyed at how many tourists you have.