Updating from a net cafe in Florence on my way back home from Rome. Don't ooh and ahh like that, Rome sucks. Really hard. Most of it is basically watered-down New York (worlds dirtier than Florence and there are no interesting shops), and the only cool parts, the historical buildings like the Pantheon and Coliseum, are huge tourist traps with people who want you to buy umbrellas nagging you EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE YOU'RE THERE. We walked all the way from the Termini to St. Peter's Basilica and... read more
