Lessons I have learnt so far:
1. Getting drunk at the pub the night before an overnight train ride is not a good idea.
2. Neither is getting on said train without any food or water because of 1.
3. Neither is not checking which station said train leaves from and then frantically racing around London, missing out on breakfast and making 2. much worse.
4. French people are not rude, in fact they are lovely, but they expect everyone to speak French or understand French or generally be French.
Finally arrived in Roma this morning after the overnight train from Paris, which was great. Dumped my bags, had a quick shower and then caught the Metro to the Colloseum. It's pretty impressive- you walk out of the tube station (which is nothing special) and run smack into this amazing building.
Wandered around there for a while and visited Palatine Hill, which is where the Emperors built their respective palaces (except of course for our crazy friend Nero, whose palace took up the area where the Colloseum now is plus Palatine Hill).... and I am aware I am spelling colloseum wrongly but meh... anyway, it's a gorgeous area and so peaceful. You're in the middle of Rome but all you can hear are birds. And tourists. But I'm beginning to think that no-one actually lives in Europe, they're all just tourists that never left.
Anyway, will have to do because people are looking anxiously at the sole computer in this hostel (which I love, but more on that later, I'm about to be thrown to the floor...
1. Getting drunk at the pub the night before an overnight train ride is not a good idea.
2. Neither is getting on said train without any food or water because of 1.
3. Neither is not checking which station said train leaves from and then frantically racing around London, missing out on breakfast and making 2. much worse.
4. French people are not rude, in fact they are lovely, but they expect everyone to speak French or understand French or generally be French.
Finally arrived in Roma this morning after the overnight train from Paris, which was great. Dumped my bags, had a quick shower and then caught the Metro to the Colloseum. It's pretty impressive- you walk out of the tube station (which is nothing special) and run smack into this amazing building.
Wandered around there for a while and visited Palatine Hill, which is where the Emperors built their respective palaces (except of course for our crazy friend Nero, whose palace took up the area where the Colloseum now is plus Palatine Hill).... and I am aware I am spelling colloseum wrongly but meh... anyway, it's a gorgeous area and so peaceful. You're in the middle of Rome but all you can hear are birds. And tourists. But I'm beginning to think that no-one actually lives in Europe, they're all just tourists that never left.Anyway, will have to do because people are looking anxiously at the sole computer in this hostel (which I love, but more on that later, I'm about to be thrown to the floor...
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