Last Day in Italy

        Our last day in Roma, our last stop in Italy. Sad. I will miss the pasta, the crazy itilians, the peddlers. Actually, not the peddlers. Side note: They are the worst in Roma, selling everything, always in your face, and everywhere. The peddlars are also interesting...here is a man talking on a cellphone, has gold teeth, nice dress pants and dress suit, holding a cup and asking for money. hmm. We never did figure that one out.

   Today we wanted to go back to the Colosuem and the Spanish Steps. Our two favorite spots. At the Colosuem we explore more of the ruins surronding it. There is actually alot of archilogical sites with people working on them. We also set out to find the mouth of truth. The Mouth of Truth is this face from anicent times. You put your hand in its mouth and the legend is if you tell a lie the mouth will close on your hand. This was used by many romans as a fidelity test, I wonder if anyone failed.

      We wanted to stick our hand in the mouth. But it was inside a church and we were not dressed apporiatly. Really....its really hot there. However, we could see it from the fence and got a picture. We then moved on to the spanish steps. We lingered there for quite awhile. Watched all the tourist with there funny hats and fanny packs, peddlers shoving flowers or tacky toys in your face, and of course.....the Italian couples. I mean these people make PDA look PG13, they dont even come up for air! But I mean its not like we were watching for long or anything....so ya, well, yes... So much happening...you could people watch forever.

         That night we ate the rest of our groceries, which by the way saved us alot of money! I wish we could always have a private kitchen. We spent the night on the terrance (sigh I will miss that view), playing cards, and packing up our backpacks. Now packing was a fite. Our stuff really was everywhere. We went to bed early and prepared for the train ride ahead. We reserved our tickets to Monte Carlo....however you can't go straight there. It will take two transfers and close to 9 hours to get there. However, we have learned nothing worth having comes easy. Monte Carlo, here we come.