Italy

Quick Stop in the Eternal City

OG

17 Jan 2016 • 4 min read

So this road has been around for a while. Which means they had tons of time to fix it up and make it all smooth and stuff. But nooo, it's full of big stones and holes and I had to walk instead of ride in my stroller. Come on Rome, get it together!

Ciao readers,

I'm off to warmer climes (thank god, it's getting mighty chilly around here) but I couldn't leave Italy without at least taking a peek at the craziness that is Rome. And to visit my friend Chiara, naturally.

There is so much old stuff in this place! The authorities keep pointing at buildings and piles of rocks and ROADS, saying that such and such has been here for hundreds or thousands or bajillions of years. It's a little tiring but they seem to enjoy it. And I found lots of puddles to jump into and there were cats too. So it's all good.

Another piazza, another church. You think they'd have enough already...

This piazza of ruins is supposedly full of cats. We visited on a rainy day though so they were all hiding, understandably.

We did find these few cats on the stairs, disdainfully accepting donations of food from the public.

The forum seen from the typewriter at night. (Ah, correction. Apparently it's not actually called the typewriter but the Vittorio Emanuele monument? Make up your minds people!)

That seagull was doing a whole '15 minutes of fame' session. So of course Catering had to get a picture.

This church was neat. Not only was it round - what a great idea - but it had a HOLE in the ROOF! Even better, it had rained so the floor was all wet. What idiot forgot to close the roof???

Some people saw this old amphitheater and thought, my apartment would look great on top of that. So they moved in. I applaud these people.

As I mentioned, we also visited my friend Chiara who lives here in the city. She has a very nice apartment with huge baskets full of dress-up clothes. I was a fairy, and a princess and another fairy and then more princesses. Heaven.

I don't know why Catering doesn't buy me more dresses like this. I look GREAT!

Daisies everywhere! Oh, and some more old ruins. But daisies! And dandelions!

We also went down into the catacombs to see where the Christians used to bury their dead and celebrate mass because they weren't allowed to do it in public. I don't know how long it took them to dig those miles and miles of tunnels and thousands of graves but it was impressive. My friend did her bit and amplified the tunnels some more while the lady with the hilarious accent talked about the place. Obviously, with only her bare hands she didn't get very far but I applaud her community spirit all the same.

This was one of the larger, fancier tombs in the catacombs, painted and all. Not quite as interesting as mummies and sarcophaguses but not bad.

A painting of Jesus and his apostles down in the catacombs. I personally liked the pigeons on the side the best.

As I mentioned, I'm off to seek the sun and sea and I cannot wait! Tomorrow morning we're getting on a plane, two planes actually, and tomorrow evening we will be in Gran Canaria. Woohoo!!! I'll be putting up lots of sunny, sandy pics to send you all some warmth in the cold. Because I'm sweet like that.

Baci da Roma e buonanotte,
SmallPaw