Alighted at roma termini. Met a super nice waiter outside a restaurant who offered help to locate our hotel. It is in the 3rd level of a building, a small one, all 5 of us bunk into one while the other 2 into another.
We had mac for bfast before setting off. bought a one way tix at 1.50 each to Vatican City on bus 40 which was super crowded, fully packed. The rest are on foot. They din want to go down to the crypt where the coffins were, i had gone down previously so fine to give it a miss this time. One of the 3 places where i learnt its chinese name, fan2 di4 gang1, sounds abit obiang, but well direct translation. Lots of picture whoring then proceeded to other check points along the river, crossed a few bridges before chancing upon an underground restaurant where we initially thot the uncle was unfriendly. Not surprising cos they arent the most frenly pple ard, alr expected it. And they always wonder why we have 7 but ordered less. Totally dont understand how can pple finish one meal on their own. The portion is huge. Anyway we got 3 sets which comprise first and second course with beer plus a pizza. More than enuff for everyone. And it turned out to be the best food so far. yummilicious, kudos to the chef who prepared our food. The uncle was also extremely frenly, v hospitable. we were the only customer then, but i really bet the place will be filled at dinner time. The restaurant is quite big with the chairs were overturned on the tables in most sections still. They prolly jus opened when we stepped in.
So far, munich has the best supermart, innsbruck has the best scenery, venice has the best hotel , and rome has the best restaurant food.
Then we walked on to some piazza and then to the spanish steps, while we took turns to look after the food and drink bag, the rest shop while i stoned on the stairs with my bro. Watched many tourists taking pictures, couples kissing, grps chatting, i bet we are in most of their pics in the backgrd. Then when it is our turn to roam, we climbed up the stairs to the top, bro went into church, while i jus enjoyed the view from the top of the shopping street view abit with the sunsetting. Too many pple touting and selling scarfs, laser pointers, and dunno what kind of toy. Quite irritating. I will say no nicely to them for the first time, if they keep bothering me, i will jus give death stare. Most of the time, i will jus look away and zoom past them, at my walking speed, they wont bother to stop me.
Cousin and sudi missed the time, and when they r finally back, true enuff, they had lost their way. Faintz when both couldnt rmb the waiting place is the famous spanish steps. As in can jus ask pple for directions mah. Most can speak a little english or they will point out. or jus try to rmb the pronounciation of certain italian famous landmarks like scala, fontana, colloseo, termini etc. And then muttered a grazie lor. They will naturally be more frenly once u at least be seen to make some effort to converse in their language.
Next to supermarket for bread, ham, salad, nutella and cake for dinner and breakfast. Then we made our own sandwiches in the hotel room. Had fun teasing those who are jus being cyclops, eye power, as if they can make toast with those eyes.
Next morning we continued our ai xin meals, then to the pilates stairs where pple kneel up the flight of stairs to jesus i think. I jus took a peek from outside. And then witnessed a group of protestants who release pink and yellow weird smelling smoke. 2 groups of policemen and their vehicles cordoned off the roads from 2 ends, with their batons in their hands, they formed the human wall. We jus moved back towards the church, jus in case we need shelter from any bloody scenes. All's good, luckily, no fights, no casualties. We went to st john lateran where we had picnic at a bench next to the field. We had gotten some meat for protein in a shop earlier on, they sold all kind of meat in the shop but only one type is cooked and can eat on the go, luckily it doesnt taste too bad.
Walked on to the roman forum and colloseum where there are scaffolds on the outside, prolly for repair works, but real sad, cos it spoils the facade. Wanted to re take the photos which i lost due to the hard disk failure, but couldnt get back those shots anymore. Sad. Then to pantheon which is still as nice, and to fontana del trevi. Winter time still so crowded! Urgh. Forever looking over shoulders and getting heads out of the lens. Really need to go in the middle of the night. Didnt do it this time.
Alfreco dining next, with spaghetti and chicken plus super sour red wine, yucks, my dad finished it up.
Bad evening thereafter tho, really hate her to the bones. It has reached the stage of no return. she prata-ed twice, really dont bother to reason with idiotic pple, i'll jus be wasting my breath. Still dare to say has been 10 yrs, thats exactly the length of time which we had put up with. Totally illogical, and when she couldnt win the topic, she will jus raise another topic to quarrel. Dotz. And her voice irks me to the max. i hate pple who self pity and thinks that she is the victim. wth, not jus she has zero contribution in this trip, she is a burden. Totally zero iq, nt to mention eq, likes to interrupt when we were having family chat. Cant jus leave us alone for even a minute. Who is oblivious to the objective of this trip first? I swear that i will nv go anywhere with her again, too bad, i will forgo trips with dad if he insists on having her ard. Both my bros also couldnt take it, we had to calm each other down. Now i shall treat her as transparent, ignore everything she says. She can rattle to the wall if she wants, i have ear pieces for music with me and i will jus walk away, make sure she is nv in my 10m radius. Baka. She better dun come crapping with whatever christians do, ive let go all methods, only left touching her, which i wouldnt want my hand to rot. Better dont make me punch her in the face. Alr said not to mix well water with river water, she comes barging into my territory next time, i wont give a damn anymore. Try pushing the limit to my tolerance n u will see.
Really despise ladies who are leeches and cant handle their own stuff. And why must be accompanied everytime to a place which is jus a few steps away. Want to see go urself la, why must drag the guys along. Bro's gf also like that, cant comprehend. And i jus said in their face to take their own handbags. If heavy, den dun bring, else carry them urselves. Why are pple so irritating. And why must the guys accommodate them, dont u feel ashamed carrying ladies bags, be it longchamp, gucci or lv? No logic. And pls dun preach abt care, cos the gal shld feel bad for letting the guys suffer even if they claim they are nt suffering, the emotional torture should be worse than physcially handling ur own stuff which u shld be carrying it anyway. ridiculous societal norm and expectation. Wat on earth... then later massage for the bruise the bag caused, too late alr.
At rome station, this man helped us with finding the platform for the train, over frenly and over enthu. He jus held on to my luggage to carry it down the stairs when i already said dont need. True enuff, he then insisted us to give him some tips.shrugs. On the train to pompei now. some alone time, and thanks to the music and the lovable view outside the window.
