Heartland

is Rome. AND its bloody hot AND I cant find the apostrophe on this Johnny Foreigner keyboard but hey ho.

Everything is blimmin marvellous. Pisa for two days - its only worth an afternoon........then on to Siena for 4 days which was truly sensational. The Palio is something else and if I recommend anything to you its go to Siena for the week of this (Aug or July you choose) The contrade loyalty is spectacular to behold - for days they saunter round the streets in clumps singing songs about their horse and how they are going to anhilate their opponents - the songs do sound the same and Id hum it to you if I could find the hum button.... The mother of all storms on Friday night did nothing to dampen the festivities even when a particularly frisky bit of lightening cut out the power to the area we happened to be in - grown men were hiding under tables as, apparently, it never storms here

The day of the race? Horses go off to church and get blessed and more drums are banged, more songs are sung and then you trot off to the campo and take your seat 5 hours before the race starts. Loads more singing and medieval pagentry flags a tossed and drums a banged. The race finally starts and its over within 90 seconds! Was it worth not being allowed out of your seat? TOO DAMNED RIGHT!!!!

Now in Rome which is fecking warm to put it mildly. Off to see Popie (whos in tomorrow) and those soldiers in pyjamas.

Back to Blighty on Fri.

Big hugs to Blast, who it seems, had a blimmin fabulous time at his party

Love ness
xxx

Photos when we get back.

Yayyy!

I was there two years ago and had a fantastic time, sounds like you're doing the same.

Lucky b@stards, you lot.

Solid Gold Ness! and you are having it major in the land of vino, it seems. Don't worry, school starts soon...

Rome Fantastic place, even if it is half a dump-yard. Apologies to our Italian allies!

Lovely place, and I'll go back one day.

Enjoy it Ness!

rome is lovely, particularly the area around trastevere

timsinister wrote:Rome Fantastic place, even if it is half a dump-yard.

As an Italian I can say it: it's three quarter of a dump-yard, not simply an half

@Quiff: Trastevere is really a nice area, especially by night, lots of people, lots of bars and pubs...last time I was there I wanted to stay forever, then I remembered how is Rome during the day and I said to myself: "better not!"

I was in Rome with Marco & his lovely wife & he proudly stated "Rome is full of old stuff"



I loved the place & also had the best donner kebab in the world there.

Rome!

At first I read the title of this thread and thought oh dear...

...but Ness waiting for your photos! And don't worry about James Blast...
ENJOY the rest of your holibobs and just relax as far as a holiday with things that are broken are concerned!

Safe travels home later!

Pista wrote:I was in Rome with Marco & his lovely wife & he proudly stated "Rome is full of old stuff"

:.

blessed words