So after I got off the computer and fully checked in to the hostel I ran back to Termini to get my train ticket to the airport for tomorrow and to figure out where exactly I need to go (you all know I don't function well in the AM) then I hauled ass over to the Pantheon because we missed it the first time around...what a sight! The building was incredible, I couldn't build that thing out of Legos. I walked back through Trevi grabbed my last real Italian pizza and a beer at a cafe then jumped on the metro at Barberini and ended up getting off at Repubblica because I had nothing better to do now that my backpacking sidekick is back home in Napoli. I saw the Piazza della Repubblica then hoofed it down to the Colonna Trianna (another thing that I studied in art history and totally forgot about), the Mercati Traianei (incorrect spelling on this one?) and the Emanuele II Monument. I got back to the hostel around 8pm, re-packed for tomorrow, showered and here I am.
So this will most likely be my last backpacking trip. I love doing it, but god, I forgot how much I despise the packing, unpacking and purging routine. I honestly am not sure how I did this for 3 months straight! So you might say my love for traveling this way has kind of died out...give me a suitcase people! I am excited to get back home...I know you all must think I'm insane, but I want to get back to my routine of eating normal food and working out. I only hope they let me on the plane tomorrow...I think my ass my be over the weight limit.
More random thoughts I've compiled...
*If you want to go out to eat here, don't be in a hurry. I have yet to meet a wait staff that is on their toes and up to par with the USA. Also, you have to ask for the check, they won't just bring it to you. I guess the idea is to not make you feel rushed. Estimate at least 30 minutes of waiting to take orders and getting the check.
Good thing: you can take your time and no one is pulling your plate out from under you before you're done
Bad thing: Since the wait staff sucks, it takes forever to get your waiter's attention to get the check so you can actually pay and leave (lots of me being impatient)
*Girls in 5-inch stilettos on cobblestone streets. Didn't your mother teach you anything about being sensible?
*Italian children can literally do no wrong and a misbehaving child will not be reprimanded (reference my first Italy blog entry)
*Italy is a world without Cottonelle and Charmin. Wiping your ass over here is like scraping your knees on concrete. Awesome.
* Today I watched a guy disinfect his iPhone with antibacterial soap...he poured a nickel-sized glob on a napkin and proceeded to rub his phone in it. I'm not sure Apple has an app for this.
* A guy smelled so bad on the train today it made me sneeze.
*Barberini and Repubblica metro stops have the longest escalators I've ever been on in my life!
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