THURSDAY 19 AUGUST 2010
To Rome! Amy and I left the Lisio nest, destined to fall into the bronze branches of Bernini, through Roman floor into bone-decorated catacombs. A wonderfully scrumptious Big Mac was split at the train station leaving Florence. The ketchup was .2 Euro extra. Rome's station unfolded itself with carousel-walkway legs into an all-you-can-get: market, mall, gambling, eateries, etc.
Our hostel is marked by a blue VW bug logo (more noticeably the inactive neon BAR sign near its entrance - coincidentally many of the hostel's patrons flit across the street to the mini market for giant 2 Euro beers and come back to the stoop beneath the dead sign to intoxicate themselves and swap traveling stories.
Made it across town to St. Peters, stood in line and got through security only to be turned away for exposed knees. 5 Euro and two scarves later, we were set. The Bernini pieces were so amazing! The basilica itself was vastly more full and large than I ever expected, even after my art history courses.
On the way back, we stopped into the craziest candy/chocolate/coffee/jam/pesto/everything shop in Europe and purchased a little bag of assorted candies we hand picked to try.
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