Our European Adventure

Day 34: Sun 22/11

train to Rome

We pretty much spent the day on the train. It was so wonderful and roomy and interesting. That’s why I’m going to write so many full descriptions about it. Not.

Day 35: Mon 23/11

OTBT, Colosseum, Laundromat. Unable to handle any more pizza or pasta.

We couldn’t help ourselves in our first day in Rome, we had to get on an OTBT!!! Wowee! The tour was cool – Rome was warm and pretty and we were all feeling a bit out of it so sitting on the bus helped us chill out a bit. We got off at the Colosseum and had a look around. There were heaps of dogs and cats just lying around without owners. They are everywhere in Italy. For a trio of dog-haters like us, it’s not that great.

Our evening was another exciting one – we took a trip to one of Rome’s greatest sights – the LAUNDROMAT. Ooh la laaaa. So great though, the guy did all our washing for us and we got to go have dinner for the same price it would’ve cost us to stay and try to do all the laundry ourselves. He even folded our clothes and put them back in the suitcase and gave us coat-hangers for the stuff that couldn’t be put through the dryer! So good! We joked on the way home that he would’ve had a fun time trying on our bras and undies and pretending to be a “laaadddyyyy.” (imagine a high-pitched woman’s voice here please). Or maybe he put a bra over his face and did “the fly”. We do it all the time and it’s hilarious, so he must have given it a go!

By this stage, we were completely unable to eat any more pizza or pasta, and set out to find something else. Best we could do was veal and roast chicken. Oh well. We vowed to find an Indian restaurant as soon as possible.