Rome part 7

The Trevi Fountain needs no introduction. If you’ve ever been to Rome or seen any movies set in Rome, you’ve seen it. Audrey Hepburn goes to it in Roman Holiday. Anita Ekberg swims in it in that Fellini movie. She was really beautiful back then.

They say if you throw a coin in the fountain, you’ll return to Rome one day. I threw in a couple coins just to be sure. But not three. I didn’t need that song stuck in my head all day.

It was also very crowded all the time, but it’s one of those things that everybody’s looking at from the same direction. You can take pictures of it on the busiest day and you’d never know there were a hundred people standing next to you when you did.

It was only a few blocks up the street from our hotel, so we went there more than a few times on the way to other places. It’s like Avenue of the Stars in Hong Kong. Once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it. There’s not much reason to go back, but I always walk along the harbour whenever I’m in the neighborhood.


Trevi Fountain
Imagine a million people in every other direction but this

Vittorio Emanuele Monument
Imagine a million cars driving past