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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry
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From a previous photograph before the change to the site heading, I thought that he was one of those fine young men you find outside, dressed as Roman soldiers. These characters hope that people will pay them to have their photographs taken with wives, daughters and for the sake of completeness boyfriends!
Maybe things are looking up in the Antipodean orthosis business and he's gone back to the day job.
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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry
__________________________________________________ ___________________________________ God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things - right now I am so far behind, I will never die.
The views expressed above are those of the author and not that of La Trobe University This is where I am, where are you?
Did Rome - a very impressive city. And VERY hot for our stay. Both camera shy - we always turn invisible. Didn't make it inside the coliseum - the lines were huge. Caught a glimpse inside through railings and it seems there is a lot of construction going on. Perhaps another time when the work is done.
I could spend a lifetime in Rome - only niggle the Restaurants in particular; a huge tourist trap, and mostly the food is only just ok.
And I COULD be wrong but I was SURE I saw our friend Brian Rothbart in one of those quaint Roman soldier costumes with some PCI in place of a sword !?
PS The water in St.Peter's Square on a hot day is awesome. . .. it can make your balding head re - grow some hair too !
Didn't make it inside the coliseum - the lines were huge. Caught a glimpse inside through railings and it seems there is a lot of construction going on. Perhaps another time when the work is done.
Tip - Next time get a Rome pass and you can bypass the queues to all places of interest as they are only queing for entry tickets plus you get good discounts, especially on guided tours, which are well worth using since they give you much more insight into the history and culture.
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only niggle the Restaurants in particular; a huge tourist trap, and mostly the food is only just ok.
I agree Roman food is expensive crap, except if you really like pizza, otherwise its bland and uninteresting, quite unike what you might expect. Mind you I did a bar and pizza crawl once, ended up pi**ed and stuffed.
No pics as they were all on film.
All the best Dave
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Descartes seems to consider here that beliefs formed by pure reasoning are less doubtful than those formed through perception.
We ended up in a hotel in the student district. The hotel was O.K. (and cheap) but the district was business and the buildings were covered in typical Romand graffiti.
The food was however, good; not just pizzas, but steak and even more sophisticated stuff was excellent and the (basic) restaurants are glad to see you; the youngsters were fun too. Well worth thinking about getting out of the centre - even the beer was tolerable, better than Fozzies anyway.
Cheers
Always enjoy our visits to Rome and cannot say we have had anything other than good hotels and food. Our favourite eating place in near the Trevi Fountain.
I agree the city is dirty and the graffiti all too apparent but there are some spectacular examples of urban art to be seen. Not everyones cup of tea but the particularly bright colours they use is not seen matched elsewhere. We spent a few days in Florence which was altogehter a cleaner city and full of medievil architecture which is very much more appealing to the eye. I like Tuscany and once gave a lecture at a podiatry conference in Montecatini Terme which was most memorable experience. Lovely spa near Pisa.
We thought Rome was lacking in good food too. The gelato, however, was fantastic!!
Was a little hot an bothered in this photo! Maybe some of you guys in the background?
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