Europe 2008 Part 27

 Spanish Steps Demo

 

 

Here is a shot of the crowd at the Spanish Steps that day. As you can see it was well supported.

 

The Government had pulled millions of euros from the education budget, and the teachers were not happy. But it was all good-natured; they had a wind band with trombones and clarinets playing to entertain the crowd. And many of the demonstrators had brightly coloured clothing.

 

The next morning we did the tourist bus trip around the city, and eventually got off and wandered around the Colosseum area.

 

Victor Emmanuel II Memorial

 

 

 

There was a long queue, and the wait was around 2 hours to get in. So we decided to stroll around the outside again for a while and soak up the atmosphere, rather than being confined to the queue.

 

Later we visited the riverbank and found a little café for lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We walked along the street by the river for a while, admiring especially the little church across the river.

 

We felt comfortable in Rome; our hostel was very handy for transport and getting around the city was easy by underground and bus.

 

Next time, we'll plan a longer stay!