Last visited Rome in my 20s, I remember well getting a map of the city, circled all the monuments, and planned how to visit all of them in 3 days, walking from 8 to 8, very excited and full of energy.
This round, I also visited most of the major sites, still as impressive as in my memory, good to refresh. The Roman empire was so powerful in its days, leaving behind loads of grand buildings, I guess wherever you dig, you find something underneath. Still such a powerful empire lasted not more than 400 years, similar to the other strong nations in the last 4000 years.
The Vatican, the museum, will be the place I won’t go back again, if there is another visit to Rome, probably not the St Peter Basilica too. First very crowded with many tourists and local students, on top, the opulence is far too much to your/my face.
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