1ClassyLady 68F
3114 posts
12/1/2018 5:07 pm
Rome city sightseeing 1 on Nov 1, 2018

On Nov 1st, 2018 is the last day in Rome with group #2 (4 days). The trip leader took us to the street for sightseeing. It was drizzling.

Photo 1: The only round shape of "Temple&quot called "Hercules Victor temple".

Photo 2: A church near the hotel we stayed in Rome for 4 days. Forgot the name of that church.

Photo 3: The altar inside of the church (there are nuns pray for 24 hours take turn)

Photo 4: A small pray area for people and nuns who volunteered to pray 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Photo 5: Special floor in the church. (each sign on floor has messages)

Photo 6: I put my hand into the famous "Mouth of Truth". All my fingers are still with me, so I am an honest person. If you ever saw the movie "Roman Holiday" acted by Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. You know Gregory Peck put his hand into the hole and pretended his hand had been eaten by the mouth of truth. The princess and an American news journalist had brief romance together. I saw that movie many times, the first time when I was 5 and rerun many times in Taiwan. Every girl dreams to have a romance. People lined up to put hand in the mouth of truth and taking pictures.

Photo 7: The church has the "Mouth of Truth" outside.

Farewell dinner at a Jewish restaurant in Rome, said goodbye to Group #2 people. During the farewell dinner, the trip leader talked about how Italians saved Jewish to hide in their houses to avoid German searching house by house in WWII (1943 - 1945). The German bombings were very intensive.

Each of us paid the trip leader #2 tip money in EURO.










Honesty is the best policy.


1ClassyLady 68F
3276 posts
12/3/2018 9:16 pm

I Googled "the only round shape of temple in Rome" and it is "Temple of Hercules Victor".



Honesty is the best policy.


1ClassyLady 68F
3276 posts
12/3/2018 3:41 pm

    Quoting  :

I don't sleep much person especially during traveling. HOWEVER, every lunch and dinner in Italy, O.A.T. provided wine (red wine more than white wine). I am a person who never drink wine (set good example for my children when they are under 21). I have never drank wine this much before this 36 trip. A little wine, made me sleep well (a little drunk).

I have had single room from Oct 15 to Nov 4, 2018. I slept very well in Italy until O.A.T. (Overseas Adventure Travel) arranged a female woman in my room in Sicily from Nov 5 to 19 (group #3). She came in with nasal congestion and dry cough. She snored and cough all the sudden, she couldn't hear the morning calls at 6:15 am. I had insomnia since she moved in. I don't like her. She drank lots of wine, and after dinner, she went out to bar and drank even more till 11:30 pm.

After return home, I called O.A.T. and told O.A.T. I won't like to have roommate in the future.



Honesty is the best policy.


1ClassyLady 68F
3276 posts
12/2/2018 7:03 am

    Quoting  :

Yes, you should watch that movie. Just Google "Roman Holiday", you will see the beautiful Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.

BTW, when I was on plane, I watched 3 movies, 1) Mamma Mia! Here we go again, 2) The spy who dumped me, and 3) Ocean's 8.



Honesty is the best policy.


1ClassyLady 68F
3276 posts
12/1/2018 5:47 pm

Have you ever seen the movie "Roman Holiday"? Have you ever been to Rome?? I always set my "travel destination" on Rome, Italy because of this movie. Now I have been in Rome but I don't have a romance.



Honesty is the best policy.