Roma

Hi again. I've been in Rome for 3.5/4 days and did not have even 5 minutes to spend in the internet. I am now in Florence and got some free time so here comes my blog about Rome:

- I walked 10 hours per day on average, no kidding. I tried to see everything there is in the city again but this time it was imposible. Even a full week is not enough for Rome. It s so full of great places to visit and things to see and do
- Highlights of the trip was walking in the forum, sitting in a corner in Pantheon, visiting what s left of the Temple of Saturn, sitting in the stairs of the Curia (senate of Rome) standing in the exact spot Julius Caesar was assasinated and of course visiting his "grave". People (fascists i suppose?) still leave flowers and candles in his temple.
- All policemen, the municipilaty guys etc, all muniucipal builindgs etc have the letters SPQR carved on them. Looks really cool.
- Colosseum is incredible. I justimagined how it would look in its heyday. Tried to remember the scenes from Gladiator as well. And a sad thing is, the Circus Maximus, where the big games and horse races were held (once let 250000 people in) is now just a pile of earth and grass.
- The Vatican basically fucked up the remnants of the greatest civilization of all times. They used all the marble coverings, other stuff, gold, bronze, whatever you can think of to decorate thir huge churches.
- Which brings me to the next point: Vatican is a prime example of I-m-so-rich-that-I-need-to-show-off-so-bad attitude. The st Peter's basilica is just unbeleivable, probably the greatest building I have been to.
- That Michelengelo dude was definetely crazy. Unbeleivable work by him especailly in St Peters and in the Sistine Chappel. His frescoes there are simply amazing.
- All the churches have painting or frescoes from Raphael. He must have painted 1 thing a day to meet the demand.
- Metro is worse than Ankaray. Finally Melih Gokcek did something better than someone else.
- I stayed in a really boringhostel this time and really got bored until I met some company in the last day.
- Also, there are 2 guys from US that I keep running into. I just saw thenm in Florence too. The funny thing is we are not supposed to be in the same places for a time but obviously we keep changing our travel plans and they somehow coincide.

Now Im in Florence and the next stops are Pisa, Siena, Bologna, Cinque Terre and Genova. Then I ll leave Italy.

I m again running out of time but I need to tell you one thing: I stayed in many shitty places, I shared my bedroom so many times but this is on a different level. I am now staying in a camp site just outsideof town and I am staying in a SHARED TENT. "Shared accomodation"da son nokta budur amina koyim.

Hugs,

Cagdas

PS:
My English speaking readers: If you exist at all, make a sign, or I ll write in Turkish :) Feels really weird to talk only with Basak, Levent and Mehmet in English. Adam olun gozum...
Mehmet abi, tam duygu insanisin. Benim sevinc ve nes'e kaynagimsin. Kovaladikca kacan, ates bocegim misin?
Levent, ellerin dert gormesin. Iflasin esiginden dondurdun beni.
Ender, amina koyayim. Best Ender oldun heralde gene, ne mesajlara cevap veriyosun ne aradigimda aciyosun. Kustuysen soyle. Kustuysen de kusmediysen de taamina koyim.