Post card from Rome ( 1983)

Sight seeing in Rome

 

My new found friendship revolved around the cricket season in England which meant I could not have the company of my new man to travel with when the cricket was in full swing and I was on my  summer hols.

 Lucky for me rain stopped cricket play in September 83 meant that I could have a short break to Rome with the company of my new man who spoke perfect Italian, loved his Italian food, knew his Italian wine and breathed Italian life when he was not playing cricket in England.

  Rome is one of Europe's greatest city and has 2000 years of art and culture in the open air for everyone to admire. I was taken to see the three massive ancient Roman columns which resembled the three stumps on the cricket pitch (only a true cricketer would see that?), the classical Colosseum and the rest of Roman’s ruins; finishing off each night with good Italian food and fine Italian wine!

 Sadly my sight seeing tour was cut short as my guide picked up tummy bug, (too much of Italian sea food, I thought). Luck as it, I escaped, perhaps it had to do with having developed a strong stomach after a year of eating junk food from the streets of the third world?