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i backpacked some of the continent a couple years back... rome was far and away my favorite city. while you're there you must...
-visit the colosseum. it's kind of shell now, but you can't go to rome and not see it.
-eat lots of gelato, my favorite is strawberry
-throw a coin in the trevi fountain
-visit St. Peters and the Vatican Museum... can't stress this enough.
-very discreetly ogle the beautiful italian women. gosh...
and for my most sagely piece of wisdom...
-walk the city, rome is the finest city for a walking tour that i've yet encountered. there is history in ever brick, on every streetcorner, under every footstep. maybe a quick subway ride between the vatican city and the central sites is ok... but my appreciation for rome was tripled by the hours i spent meandering through the back streets.
get a good pair of shoes, a few euro to get a good meal, and a decent guide... you're going to have a great time.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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