Day 32 - Do as the Romans Do

There are good and bad points to Rome. Ubiquitous internet access is not one of the good points, altough it is kind of cool to be sitting next to an asian nun checking her hotmail account. :)

• Sights. Just wandering from the train station to my hostel, I saw some of the most incredible architecture and ruins. I mean, I'd never even heard of monuments here that are just breathtaking. I guess that's what happens when every emperor needs a monument.
• Traffic. I'm glad I'm getting this city out of the way. The traffic and crowds are crazy.
• Good Pizza. The best pizza I've had in Italy was a little hole in the wall near the Vittorio Emanuelle II monument, and less than four euros for two slices. The onion pizza, while a little oily, is my favorite so far.
• Police. I guess this many monuments and dignitaries mean police out the wazoo. I've seen them in many colors, riding scooters, in motorcades, carrying submachine guns, telling me I can't take pictures on public streets, the works. With regards to that last item, I'm not even sure that was a policeman, but some guy on a scooter said I couldn't take a picture of some Batman boxer shorts in a store window. (Sorry Paul.) I wonder if he worked for the store and was worried I was a spy for AOL/Time/Warner.

Okay, my time's almost up, and I had to change my password to get into this blog so I'm worried my accounts may have been hacked in Florence. Luckily I'm not checking my bank or credit card from anything but the most locked down terminals, but I still should change my Calweb password so I don't lose email access.