Rome, Italy + resilience
Hello, Hello, Hello!
It has been quite a while my friend! I've missed you! We'd taken a vaca. We started with a few days in Rome! Then boarded The Odyssey of the Sea, a Royal Caribbean ship, to cruise the Mediterranean!
In this drop, we'll visit Rome!
Best,
~Kimberly x
01.
Rome
I had some kind of fantasy that all of Italy has rolling green hills, birds, sweet fragrances wafting thru the air, and of course amazing food!
I'd somehow thought Vatican City is a city and Rome is more like a countryside.
Not so ... Rome is a city like New York City, with busses, cars, taxi's and people, many, many, people! 🤪
And ... it is also one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen! It is the home of some of the most wonderful attactions like the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Spanish Steps, Sistine Chapel, Villa Borghese ... all within walking distance, and possible to see in just 2 days! I've never seen and experienced another city like it! Bellissimo!!!
And ... I was right about the amazing food! You may have eaten tomatoes and breads and olive oils, but I can tell you my friend, tomatoes, breads and olive oils have an entirely new level of taste when experienced in Italy! Deliziosa!!!
02.
resilience
Rome is crazy right now with the timing of the new Pope ... the city is crawling with tourists! Barricades and scaffolding have been erected to funnel the crowds through and around the streets.
Saturday May 16th, we were very fortunate to have tickets for the Colosseum at 10:30am. Because early that afternoon the Colosseum and it's surrounding streets were closed for a celebration parade for the new Pope! Many visitors lost their Colosseum time-slot that day.
Six months ago when this trip was planned, there was no way to predict this new turn of events!
So you do the best you can!
When you are at the Colosseum and cannot enter due to a parade you have 2 options...
-either- bemoan the entire experience, be mad at the world, be mad at yourself, be mad at the timing!
-or- enjoy the parade, knowing no one else will ever be able to see this exact parade ever again! Enjoy this once in a lifetime experience!
Option #2 is resilience in action!
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