We visited Rome in 1999 so for this trip we filled in a few gaps of places we hadn't seen including the Trevi fountain which had been under repair then. We saw a funny thing at the Trevi fountain. A man had a wire rod with a magnet on the end and he was stealing the coins back out of the fountain! (I wonder what happens to your wish if the coin gets stolen!!). We revisited the Colosseum which will always be awe inspiring. Right in the middle of Rome and the ...

We were up early and waiting for a 7.30 am bus, when a huge ship sailed past the end of the road. It was so close it looked like it was sailing through town, may be it was too early for the eyes to focus. Suddenly remembered our passports which reception kept the previous night, a quaint little Italian custom you have to get used to quickly as you can not go far without a passport.For the first time we had a lot of yahoo types on the bus with by far too much loud...