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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Jul 29, 2007 17:27:47 GMT -1
Is mooning the pope on your list of "100 things to do before I die" Morton?
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Post by mortontheblade on Jul 29, 2007 17:28:44 GMT -1
na maybe top 500 though....
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Post by lw on Jul 30, 2007 1:25:30 GMT -1
ahhh now i dont know what to do when there anywho im off now, got a flight to catch in 4 hours
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Jul 30, 2007 7:08:32 GMT -1
not with all those catholic priests about
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 30, 2007 7:17:22 GMT -1
I've been to Rome nice place shame it was full of italians though its like Paris nice place but with cunty locals
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Jul 30, 2007 7:40:00 GMT -1
I've been to Rome nice place shame it was full of italians though its like Paris nice place but with cunty locals *nail on the head there*
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 30, 2007 7:45:41 GMT -1
Shouldn't this thread be "Has anyone been to Rome?" Aww shit I'm turning into Jules
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 30, 2007 7:53:17 GMT -1
Oyyyy! Don't say it like it's a bad thing! I have been to Rome and it was lovely... except for when a pigeon shat on me! ;D
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Post by HGO on Jul 30, 2007 8:04:14 GMT -1
I`ll help turn this thread in the right.
Ive been to Rome. Excellent place to visit. Stating the obvious you have to go to the vatican on a Sunday when hopefully the pope will be in. Im not a religous type but that was a brilliant experience. Go see the coloseum and the ruins down the same street if you turn right out of the tube station go right to the end. There is an amazing build there but i couldnt figure out what it actually was. Id recommend doing that at night.
I`ll pop other things on as i remember them. My memory is getting worse. Oh avoid the bacon sarnies. The bacon is raw and still makes me wretch just thinking about it. Dirty Italians.
Buy your tube tickets from newsagents. They are cheaper.
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Post by HURLOCK on Jul 30, 2007 8:08:28 GMT -1
I really enjoyed Rome, however there is only so much pizza and pasta one can take. So I would advise a 3 day excursion tops
The city is beautiful as are it's sites
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 30, 2007 8:10:14 GMT -1
Oyyyy! Don't say it like it's a bad thing! I have been to Rome and it was lovely... except for when a pigeon shat on me! ;D Its not I'm just amazed I picked up on something grammaticalishness
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Post by HGO on Jul 30, 2007 8:13:25 GMT -1
Im with you their Hurlock. 3 days is enough, cracking though the pizza and ice cream is i couldnt live of it for much longer I really enjoyed Rome, however there is only so much pizza and pasta one can take. So I would advise a 3 day excursion tops The city is beautiful as are it's sites
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 30, 2007 8:21:12 GMT -1
Go to the Forum, walk through and arrive at the Colosseum - the archetype of all modern stadia Ah, there's a cool building which looks like a giant piano - that's the shrine to Victor Emmanuel (I think, was a while ago now) who was the King who united Italy in 1870 (before that bits were under French and/or Austrian control) Eat ice-cream. They do excellent gelati in proper biscuit cones - not those plasticky ones you get from vans in the UK! Fountains of Trevi and the other one - nice big scenic fountains. Vatican obviously ("Dougal, do you remember when you met the Pope?" "What, the old fella living in the art gallery?!") Erm, actually I can't remember much else... oh - Spanish Steps, nice cafes at the foot of that, the setting is often used in films.
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Post by HGO on Jul 30, 2007 8:46:02 GMT -1
Jesus id forgotten about the Trevi and the Spanish Steps. My bloody memory Go to the Forum, walk through and arrive at the Colosseum - the archetype of all modern stadia Ah, there's a cool building which looks like a giant piano - that's the shrine to Victor Emmanuel (I think, was a while ago now) who was the King who united Italy in 1870 (before that bits were under French and/or Austrian control) Eat ice-cream. They do excellent gelati in proper biscuit cones - not those plasticky ones you get from vans in the UK! Fountains of Trevi and the other one - nice big scenic fountains. Vatican obviously ("Dougal, do you remember when you met the Pope?" "What, the old fella living in the art gallery?!") Erm, actually I can't remember much else... oh - Spanish Steps, nice cafes at the foot of that, the setting is often used in films.
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Jul 30, 2007 8:49:17 GMT -1
ahhh now i dont know what to do when there anywho im off now, got a flight to catch in 4 hours hes already gone
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 30, 2007 8:50:33 GMT -1
Jesus id forgotten about the Trevi and the Spanish Steps. My bloody memory PANTHEON. Another thing I forgot, it's a big round temple in a square built by the Romans but later converted to a church, it has a huge domed roof which was the largest span of a dome in the ancient world, have a look inside. Careful though, that's where the Pigeon "got" me Some very good ice-cream places near there. See HGO, I was about to say I'd not been there since 1996... and then I remembered another place, memory is weird like that.
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Post by jh1980 on Jul 30, 2007 8:54:02 GMT -1
ahhh now i dont know what to do when there anywho im off now, got a flight to catch in 4 hours hes already gone D'OH!
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Post by HURLOCK on Jul 30, 2007 9:22:52 GMT -1
quite funny we went for chinese on our last day!
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Post by lw on Aug 3, 2007 10:15:25 GMT -1
And is back ;D very good place. but there is only a few stones you can see before getting bored stayed 5 mins away from the coloseum. the metro at night is pretty.....
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Post by HGO on Aug 3, 2007 10:41:18 GMT -1
Stuck on the Paris metro on a match day with a load of PSG fans is a bit scary to. Christ they are loud
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