I took pictures of Rome

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Here are a few of them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33908675@N00/sets/72157600224658226

I'll upload the rest after I pay for a bleeding upgrade with Flickr (more like Fuckr! HA! HA!)

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Rome was really fun. I was kinda disheartened to see all the American influence, though. The first thing I saw while leaving the airport was a Kia dealership. The first restaurant I saw at the central train station was a McDonald's. When you're on the subway, it's almost indistinguishable from NYC, save for the Italian everyone's speaking. I usually find most urban centers are essentially the same, however. What's really impressive is when touring Rome you see all these modern, commercial things and then turn a corner and you're staring suddenly at the Trevi fountain or the Colosseum, these ancient gorgeous manifestations of Rome's unique sense of character.
The outlying areas are what I found particularly exciting. They have maybe the most beautiful countryside I've ever seen in the foothills to the south of Rome. We stayed in a little village with cobbled streets at impossible angles, all of which came to a vista looking over the Tiber valley. I get all gay for nature, though.
No meatballs.
I really wanted to rent and ride Vespas around the city, but the rest of my crew had other plans. Maybe next time.
The Pope was in South America while I was there, or, believe you me, he'd have had a lot of part-kissing coming his way.