Rome

Part of the reason I haven't written in a while is because I wasn't sure how to write about my time in Rome. I didn't really like this city, but how can I write something bad about Roma??? There were good things though, so I'm going to just get the bad things out of the way, quick like a band-aid...then I can dedicate some posts to the good stuff.

So, here it goes...Top 6 reasons I want my coin back from the Trevi Fountain:

6. The train station and it's surrounding area are pretty grimy and filled with beggars, gypsies, and junky souvenier peddlers. Plus it smells like pee.
5. Within the first half hour of being there, I almost got pickpocketed by a gypsy woman pushing a baby carriage.
4. The city itself is dirty and sooo noisy, and anything that actually is beautiful is completely full up with tourists.
3. There are no traffic lights or dividing lines on the roads. I came this close to getting hit by a car (more than once)
2. The people, in general, are sort of rude...they blow cigarette smoke in your face, and they take up the entire sidewalk and force you onto the road. Shopkeepers get really rude if you take up five minutes of their time without buying something.
1. I paid 5 euro for a ham sandwich...I mean really, that's like 8 canadian dollars!