Alone in Rome part 3

 It's been a year since I was in Rome and coincidentally it was on Holocaust Remembrance Day. I only had one day to spend in the city so I wanted to pack in as much as I could during the twelve hours I had. With my knapsack on my back and my camera in hand, I set off to explore.

On the Tour Bus

By the time I arrived at the Colosseum my feet were starting to feel tired. I decided to walk around the exterior of the Colosseum to get to the bus stop where I would take the tour bus and get to rest a bit. The way the bus works is you get a map and earplugs when you board. You find a seat an plug in. Choose the channel which corresponds to your language and listen to an explanation of the areas and attractions you drive by. At any point along the ride you can go off and tour around. When you are ready you can go back on the bus and ride it some more. You usually can buy a day pass or a two day pass.

So I figured I would ride around town and see some more attractions, and later on I would return and walk around the Roman Forum and perhaps even pay to go inside the Colosseum. A few minutes after I got on the tour bus I was extremely happy I was already on the bus because it started to POUR!....and it didn't let up for the next FOUR HOURS!!! Well, I certainly had to change my plans real quick. I didn't know how long the rain would last and thought it probably would get better soon, and when it did, I could get off the bus and resume my touring. Well it did not! However, for the time I was on the bus I thought it would be a shame if I did not do at least some kind of touring, so I at least had some fun taking very artsy pictures of the famous places around Rome.

"Vittoriano"
A monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy.

Vittoriano

just a random building with a billboard

Peter's basilica

Piazza S. Pietro

Peter's basilica

First time I saw an electric car plugged in to recharge

this was a jungle of motorbikes in between the roads

After finishing the complete bus route (about 90 minutes), I realized that it would be rediculous to ride the bus the entire day as the rain did not seem to be letting up. So I decided to ride the bus to the closest stop to my destination where I would brave the rain to find the Jewish Museum. Read about it in part 4.

Alone in Rome part 1

Alone in Rome part 2

Alone in Rome part 4