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We were here, in Rome and after checking into the Hotel Embassy, a rather basic 3 star hotel that shared its building with a doctors surgery and a linguist company amongst other businesses, we needed to wander.
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| The Forum's view to the Colosseum |
With trusty, garish tourist map in hand we set off. Judging by the nearby buildings, Via Salandro, where the Hotel Embassy is, we were situated in a more administrative and banking section of the town, so walking would be a large part of the weekend, but then again, that’s half the fun of weekends away like this. No kids in tow, the city was ours to explore as we wished. Bliss. Off we set.
To many, me included, Rome during the day means only one thing, sight seeing. I must warn you though; this is not for the faint hearted, or those with an aversion to walking. As soon as you get out onto the street and consult your map, two things becoming glaringly obvious straight off the bat. Firstly, you very quickly realise that due to the sheer mass of hugely impressive buildings, monuments, art galleries, museums and piazzas, there is no way on this earth that you can do and see everything you want to see.
'The Pantheon was stunning' |
Unless you have the patience of a saint and the stamina of a champion marathon runner, many of your “Eye Spy Book of Rome” boxes will simply go unticked.
You have to be selective and accept the fact that your time is limited. Secondly, you are most certainly not the only tourists about, by any stretch of the imagination. Take the Trevi Fountain for example, as we stood admiring its ornate and just on the right side of gaudy beauty, I don’t think I heard one single muttering of Italian and this continued throughout the weekend. More New York than Milan. But then again, as a fellow tourist, who was I to moan or complain?
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