Ciao!! (moped noises)

Two days in Rome for work! Can't be bad.. Well, apart from the daft-o-clock flight, landing late, sitting through a days worth of workshops and then flying back with "ChavAir" otherwise known as Ryan Air. They really should switch from blue and yellow to a big adidas logo and a burberry tail fin! Awful flight.

Anyway, Rome was lovely, first time I've been there and actually got to see some of the city. After finishing up for the day I was determined that I wasnt leaving without at least seeing the colloseum, so m'colleague and I braved freezing cold winds and got a taxi down there.

All I could manage was vowel sounds. It's so much bigger than I expected. It's massive!! Unbelievably old as well, shame it was night time as I'd have loved to have gone inside for a wander about.. Did a couple of laps of it round the outside taking pictures and then went to a tiny bar next to it. Tried sitting outside at first under a patio heater but it was too cold. Nice glass of peroni and a glass of what they claimed was cognac but each sip induced gut wrenching reactions so that I had to fight it down. M'colleague drank his and then made me under threat of regarding me as a big girl for not drinking it. So I did, and felt dreadful.
Still... colleague pointed out occaisionally looking like a hitman, which works for me because that's my ideal profession if only I could find somebody who's willing to help me get started. I keep offering to remove people from "being" for friends but nobody either trusts me or wants me to! Bah! Photos looked good though!

Flight home was nice as well, lovely views over the alps!