They call it the Eternal City ...

[blamebrampton]

Again, I am reminded that it is a terrible waste to use Rome as a transit stop. But it IS always there, and I can come back to see it properly again ... However, before I run out the door for food and a leg stretch, guess how long it took me to get here from Sydney?[Poll #1637488]

Comments

[nenne.livejournal.com]

Well of course they have disastrous public transport! Can you imagine making a subway system when you have to do all the digging of tunnels with a tea spoon and a brush? Everywhere they dig they find something that is interesting from an archaeological point of view. ;)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

this is true! I remember looking at the maps of proposed Rome train lines when I was a little girl, then I looked at them two years ago when I was here last, and they were practically identical in plan -- except for the bits where they hade decided they would have to move them because what they discovered was too important ;-) But the busses are really not too bad!

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

Good point.

Still, I think it has more to do with Italian attitude.