Day 36/37: My last few days in Roma (date: 7/9-10/11)

The last two days were pretty uneventful. I’ve just been biding my time until Trent gets here so I can meet up with him. I could only stay two nights in the camping village I was out because they were booked the other two nights so I had to move to a different camping village.

This second one was horrid! By far the worst place I have stayed so far. The “room” I’m in has no lock so I’ve had to carry my important stuff with me whenever I leave. That wouldn’t be so bad if my laptop wasn’t so dang heavy! Ah well, the lack of a lock is only the beginning. Room is in quotations because the room was a little closet with four beds and a curtain in the doorway. It was one of many such closets within a larger building. Even that wouldn’t have been too terrible if the room didn’t have paper thin walls and wasn’t right next to the bar. Again, even this wouldn’t have been so bad if there weren’t people there until two in the morning screaming and music playing. But wait! The best is yet to come. The roof, I think, was made of tin and I could hear animals scurrying across it over my head. Also, there were pigeons roosting up there because they woke me up at 6 every morning with their cooing. Fortunately, only two nights here.

Crazy terrible sleeping arrangement aside, I had two very enjoyable days in Rome. I found went and saw a few sights I hadn’t gone to yet and even stumble upon some I didn’t realize were even there. My favorite little discovery was an intersection called Quattro Fontana which, as you’d think, had four fountains, one at each corner. Here’s my two favorite. 

I tried to get pictures without people in front of them, but that proved to be impossible.

Anyway, both days I just wandered around, found a nice spot in a random piazza to read and people watch and just passed the time enjoying myself. I walked around until I was just tired enough that I could get back to the train station to get back.

In my wanderings, I saw a cowboy “statue” that was pretty neat. I actually saw him a couple of times and he was always holding different things in his hands. 

I also went on a walk along the river and couldn’t help but notice how enormously huge all the trees around it are. They must be ancient. Their roots were coming up into the pavement which I thought was really cool. 

Trent comes tomorrow!!! I’m really excited to show him around and see Pompeii and Naples. Only five more days left until I leave beautiful Italia!