Well, I loved Rome. It was
fantastic! Fantastic weather, (mostly) fantastic wine, fantastic ice cream, and
super fantastic old stuff round every corner! As I mentioned before, I studied
the Romans a lot in university so to finally be in Rome was a dream come true. I
don’t actually think I realized how much of a dream it was when I was there
because there was just so much to take in, it was all a bit overwhelming. But
since I have been back and have been telling everyone about it, it’s really
sunken in how much we saw and how remarkable it all was. I was really blown
away by all the sculpture. For such beauty/importance/grace/wisdom to be
portrayed so brilliantly through marble is a truly extraordinary thing.
Sadly, I don’t have any sculpture
pictures due to a dead camera and a bag unnecessarily locked in a locker but here
are some pictures of some of the stuff we saw:
History! Yes!
Cake? No.
Now when we set off to Rome, I
had the very romantic idea that we would be sat in squares drinking coffee and
eating cake multiple times a day. Sadly, there were less squares that I
anticipated (but more tiny side streets than I could have ever imagined!) We
did have some excellent pizza, pasta and ice cream (as expected) and I had the strangest, yet delicious,
dessert I think I’ve ever had: grilled pears, drizzled with honey and topped
with goat’s cheese. Yes, goat’s cheese. Weirdly captivating!! We did go to a
little patisserie one night for dessert and caused much trouble by all trying
to pay separately with 20 Euros notes. I would have liked more of that I think…
Dear Rome, get more squares and
more cake, preferably with views of some of your awesome sculpture, ta muchly,
Vic.
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