This day started with spotting a clementine tree in the yard my hotel room is overlooking. I did got my breakfast delivered to room, but only after I reminded them after more than a half hour. Interesting sense of punctuality or just bad memory? But even that could not ruin my mood - the sun was shining outside and I was going to Colosseum.
Today I decided to save my feet and headed right to the metro station to buy a ticket valid for couple of days - that way I could hop on and off the metro trains, but I killed my feet in Foro Romano and Palatino, and before that walked around in Colosseum. And there were no metro trains inside. Smart people wear sport shoes, others have to endure the pain (of their stupidity or lack of space in their hand luggage). There is always and option to sit down - everywhere - there are plenty of stones, large pieces of marbles - especially nice to sit when the sun is shinning - and today there was no single cloud in the sky throughout the day. It felt like Indian summer and I almost regretted not leaving my coat at the hotel. I also regretted taking my camera bag with me - but on the other hand I invented 5 other ways to carry it (and feel less pain in the back).
Today sandwiches (or should I call them paninis) where a lot better - the bread was soft and the whole meal tasted very good (especially when one is hungry).
There were a lot more clementine and orange trees in Farnese garden, and some tourists decided to harvest those by shaking the trees. Despite of their behavior the air around smelled really good - the usual smell for Christmas in Lithuania - clementines.
One thing I omitted yesterday - being a pedestrian and crossing a street in Rome is really dangerous, even if you have the green signal - don't trust the cards and vespas - it's like being the least privileged participant in transportation. On the other hand, there are so many tourists - if every car and motorcycle would mind them - they would never move. But today I kind of forgot this - it appears I crossed a lot less streets, most of them above my head when I was going with metro.
The end of the day started at the Spanish stairs - I was astonished by the amount of tourists and didn't like that view at all - it would be a lot nicer if I was the only one sitting on those stairs - is there a time in year when that can happen? I needed to fix my mood with some cacao or hot chocolate (from McDonalds) and grabbed some hot chestnuts for the Pincio Hill sunset. When planning my trip I downloaded an application called TouristEye (which isn't bad at all except for the name) - there was a suggestion to watch sun down at Pincio Hill. I didn't get to the exact location (or the coordinates in the map were bad), but I did see a nice sunset, took some beautiful photos (to my taste) and talked to a stranger about weather and some italian movie filmed in Tallinn about Siberia. I also stepped few steps into a Borghese Park - but there I'm returning in one of the next days - crazy place - lots of bicycle riders and statues of Pitagora and Archimedes (the ones I knew).
During these 1.5 days spent in Rome I have broaden my knowledge about professions people can do - sell umbrella's, scarfs, mounts for cameras and phones or just levitate in the air by holding with one hand to a pole - it does seem real, but that guy really does have strong arms. Where is the demand there is a supply, but from most what I've seen - even tourists try to avoid those street everything-sellers. Oh, and even birds do have a job in Rome - they pose for tourists, with tourists and that way earn their bread. I got my picture with bird too.
I'm finishing my evening with classical music on TV - I wish to go to real concert there, but nothing from their repertoire seems to attract me.
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