Small Facts: Roundabouts. If you are ever in Rome you must understand the rules of the roundabout. Crossing to a café near “The Wedding Cake”, Mussolini’s Altare della Patria with 3 kids & a map obsessed husband presents it’s problems. The husband, absorbed in his map, crosses without a thought, barely looking up, barely cognizant of the other 4. Two kids follow. Basically left terrified, with one child at my side, I realize the rules of the roundabout…close your eyes & run! Rely on the very precise braking of those Italian drivers in their lovely little sports cars, who will stop for you…on a dime. Pray their mechanics know what they are doing!
Notable Pics: The Coliseum, the Forum
Personal Anecdote: Gelato & those silly Americans. The randomness of life…the decisions as to what cobblestone street to walk on, how much time to linger somewhere, & what gelato café to stop in…led us to finding a needle in a haystack. While in Rome, we ran in to people we knew from home. And so, as we screamed and did the OMG thing, the Italian men behind the counter chuckled as they charged us 20 euro. At an exchange rate of 1.7, that was some very golden gelato.