The other night Kelly and I decided to walk around and see the ancient part of Rome lit up at night. It was nice because it is the off-season and a weeknight so there were people out, but not enough to be annoying. The street vendors are a whole different story though- there is nothing to even compare them to back in the U.S! Even the littlest kids know to tell them to go away! It’s actually funny to watch the kids yell at them in Italian “that’s enough!” and “go away!” The vendors have one of two types of items- things that light up, or things that you throw/squish. I don’t understand who would want to buy any of that junk. The vendors come up and try and shine their funny little light designs on your feet, and put their lit up Colosseums in your face. Despite ignoring them the usually don’t go away until you finally tell them “BASTA!” (That’s enough!). As annoying as it is, it always provides some laughs of who they are going to target and what they do especially because you can always see them coming! But regardless of being attacked by street vendors, it was nice to see the city at night, and it certainly is lovely that ancient Rome is only a 5-10 minute walk from our apartment!
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| Colosseum |
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| Gate at the Colosseum |
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| Campidoglio |
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