Your intrepid bloggers do a self-portrait under the Pantheon’s concrete dome. The interior of the building looks recently restored, as it is spotlessly clean. Why yes, I am sporting a handsome moustache! I’m flattered you noticed.
Laura and I are killing a few hours here in Rome before catching a bus to Lanciano. We had about a day to take in a few sights and pasta dishes here. After almost 2 months in Turkey, the food here has been a huge delight for us. Pizaa, pasta, beef steak! And the pork! (as a Muslim nation, pork products simply don’t exist in Turkey) Delicious! Don’t get me wrong, Turkish cuisine is great, but any food will get tiresome after eating nothing but for two months.
Rest assured, we will be resting and regrouping here in Italy and will catch up on our blog posts, so expect more photos and stories from Turkey as well as the 3rd and probably final instalment of the Turkish food series. Here are a few shots from beautiful Roma.
The photo this fellow is taking seems to be duplicated by every second tourist through the Pantheon’s massive doorways.
A woman cruises past the hordes of tourists walking on the Via dei Fori Imperiali.
Tourists throng the Via Borgognona leading away from the famous Spanish Steps. Compared to places we’ve been in recent weeks, Rome is absolutely full of tourists.
We stopped into San Pietro in Vincoli to see one of Michaelangelo’s masterpieces, the Moses sculpture for the tomb of his Pope and patron, (insert forgotten Pope’s name here).
Like everyone else in this city, this couple enjoy a moment taking and reviewing their snapshots.
Another self portrait.
I have several more street photography shots from one day in Rome, but I think I’ll post those a little later as part of a post I’ve been working on regarding photography in general.
UPDATE #1: Also, it’s lonely on the road. If you’re reading this, please leave a comment and let us know you care!
UPDATE #2: We totally missed our bus out of Rome thanks to stupid Daylight Savings time. So we could use your messages of support and love more than ever. Especially Laura. She’s been bummed out all day. 
And since when do italian hippies date french painters?
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So you missed the only bus rome will ever have, i guess we’ll be seeing some more douchhounds on scooter pics then...
Ahhh, Drink..be merry!
But be sure to drink...
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Hi guys! We are totally enjoying reading about your travels. Hope you are enjoying the warmer weather! We are melting finally here
love you guys
xoxo Kel, Dean and kids
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Hey! I’m reading your blog
Anyhow, I wonder if you guys are in Lanciano yet? Don’t worry about missing the bus, now you get to enjoy Roma for al little bit more. See you guys soon! I’m so excited to meet up with you in Italia!! Can’t wait for better weather as well.
Ciao for now
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DON’T BE BUMMED OUT—WHILE IN ROME,JUST ENJOY ROME. STILL KEEPING UP WITH YOUR BLOG AND STILL ENJOYING IT. LOOK FWD. TO THE NEXT PICS. KEEP HAVING FUN AND STAY SAFE. LOTS OF LOVE.
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Hope you guys are enjoying Roma. It is beautiful, especially at night, walking through the plazas. Missing busses is all part of the European experience. Enjoy the rest of your time in Italy.
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It doesn’t look so bad to me to have missed a bus in ROME.... I could see you getting ticked off if you missed the bus to work or the last bus home after a bar night, but to miss a bus in Rome and have to stay in ROME for a while longer.... it could be worse. Hope you two are having the time of your lives. Be safe, we love ya, and miss you!
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Just a note on the scooter front: I want one. Yes, I want one and I live in Calgary.
but that was not what I wanted to post. I hope that Rome treats you well, what a great city but yeah, tourist hell abound. I hope you didn’t get pizza that was too bad (Rome was the one place in Italy where I had the worst pizza ever) and I hope you saw some of the beautiful sights Roma has to offer!
So, to cap it off in Italian: Spero che avete un buon tempo in Italia!
Pretty simple, hope you’re having a good time in Italy
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Only in Rome could you have someone looking remotely legit on a scooter.
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Chris Reply:
March 28th, 2010 at 8:16 am
@Tait: Rome, or pretty much any other European city. Actually, I think it’s only North America where you can’t look legit on a scooter.
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