Ansleys Italy Self Discovery Tour 2010 - Day Two

I made it to Cagliari, Sardinia. The lovely bed and breakfast I am at has a laptop I can use, but with an italian keyboard that I can not seem to find the apostrophe on. So I am going to speak very properly without the use of conjunctions or possesion.

I slept in very late today, which was awesome. Check out time was noon, and I barely made that. I had the entire afternoon to kill until my flight out, so I did the Colloseum and Forum.

Of course they are "must dos" in Rome. The Colloseum was surprisingly smaller than one would imagine. Our tour guide kept compare and contrasting the history and references to the movie Gladiator, which I found humorous. I am only guessing since the tour was in English (Although I would say less than half the group were native English speakers), the movie Gladiator was prolly the most common shared connection amongst us.

I went to the Forum next, which although astounding in its size and story, was simply ruin after ruin after ruin. It was almost too much. I tried to imagine myself a ancient Roman woman walking through the grounds on a nice afternoon stroll.

After taking the metro back, it was time to get a taxi and head to Ciampino (Cham-pi-no) airport. It actually was a great taxi ride because I got to go through "arria antica" which was the old world neighborhood and housing area for Roman and Italian aristrocrats. All cobblestone and huge stone walls. Very scenic.

A quick no-frills flight on Ryanair and Antonello from my B&B picked me up. He said after breakfast he will take me around town and show me some points of interests.

Well, I am exhuasted...this American is not used to walking so much!

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday, is that my first excursion out, I was simply walking around down the hill from my hotel and saw a line of people waiting in front of a small church. At the end of the line I went to see what they were in line for and on the other side was "Bocca della Verità", the mouth of truth structure made famous by the old movie Roman Holiday. I did not want to wait in line and test the validity of the fable by putting my hand in the mouth, so I took a picture of it, which was enough satisfaction for me.


Buena sera!