{"id":4138,"date":"2003-10-07T21:15:14","date_gmt":"2003-10-08T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2018-02-28T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:59:16","slug":"one-day-in-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2003\/10\/07\/one-day-in-roma\/","title":{"rendered":"One day in Roma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We had a two hour layover in Amsterdam, so we went on a hunt for Shiseido under-eye cream – we found it in a perfume store in the airport (Schipol is an amazing shopping experience for an airport). We arrived on time in Rome; I waited at baggage carousel 10 for over 1\/2 hour before we noticed that they changed our flight to carousel 11. We took a taxi ride, well, perhaps an amusement park ride – the cab driver went really fast and weaved through traffic in amazing ways – I laughed and Aviva just got white knuckles. I believe it gave Aviva a headache. We got to the hotel, the Hotel Colosseum, and took showers (hours in airplanes with a transfer in the middle will do that to you). The hotel isn't anything special – no ice, no pop machine, but at least the beds are firm and they get one english language TV station, BBC World.<\/p>\n

<\/a>We walked. And we walked some more. The Colosseum and the Forum are right by the hotel.<\/p>\n

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A view of the remains of the Forum<\/p><\/div>\n

We walked all the way to the Pantheon, stopping to have a small gelato on the way.<\/p>\n

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The front of the Pantheon<\/p><\/div>\n

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A view of the dome from inside<\/p><\/div>\n

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How the sun shines inside the dome<\/p><\/div>\n

We then hiked over to the Piazza Navona, then down to the Tiber River to buy a print at a print shop.<\/p>\n

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One of the fountains at Piazza Navona<\/p><\/div>\n

We walked back to the Piazza Navona and ate at Tre Scalini; don't bother, its a tourist hangout and the food is very average. We found a taxi stand one block away, rode back to the hotel and bought some pop and water and then went back to the room, repacked a bit and crashed for the night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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