Harry Hornabrook
Currently we are all on our way to Florence, on easily the fastest train I have ever been on in my life, if only we had these back at home. Looking back on the several days we have spent in Rome I can say that, in my opinion, it has been quite a different experience to Athens. And although Athens had some great icons to visit, the vast quantity of churches that we have spent hours in over the week, and structures such as the colosseum and the ruins of Pompeii, never failed to impress us all.
It was not until we arrived here in Rome however that I realised how important it was to actually keep your money as close to you as possible as I encountered a local trying to reach into my bag on the way home from termini station on the second night. Luckily I caught him in the act. Nevertheless he came back for more 100m down the road, and again he was caught.
My highlight of Rome would have to be the colosseum. To be able to compare that to similar structures we have today for 'similar' purposes such as Eden Park, I am left with so many questions about how they were able to construct such a colossal building with none of the tools we have today back then. When we were there it was more about capturing a photo "for the gram" or Instagram for those who aren't familiar with that phrase, and with 30 minutes left to explore I suggested, after hundreds of photos, that maybe it was time to put the cameras away and take a look at what surrounded us.
