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I remember when I first started traveling, the idea of visiting Rome and Vatican City thrilled me, never one day hoping that I would lose count of the number of times I had been there, albeit in various ways.
Of all the cities I have toured, I consider it in the top 3 of capitals along with New York and London as the amount and diversity of experiences one can have; very little green compared to the other 2, but lots of memorable food.
Ticking off the super list
With my most compatible as well as reliable travel companion we did an intense and thorough week of just visiting Rome in July 2009. In the planning stage I astounded (and frightened) her with a list tending toward infinity of things to do. We ticked them all off and there would be more to come.
On the hunt for the right magnet
I returned there other times for short periods and special occasions; one was for a Cure concert with friends. Due to work requirements I could not do the 2/3 days together with them who took the opportunity to see the city. I joined them only at the last minute and directly at the Hippodrome (where they were playing).
I was ashamed to tell him that I had been in Rome for a while, but I had lost half an afternoon to enter Vatican territory and buy at the first kiosk a magnet. Since a few months I had decided to collect them by giving myself the rule that I had to have only 1 per country I had been to and that I could only be the one to buy it. I got it right on Via della Conciliazione which looks beautiful now, but there is more behind it.
Home set of travel On the road into central Italy, marriage proposal (Italy and Vatican)
Next stage Journey to Lazio; the bidonara girlfriend.
Trips taken, travel stories divided by continent
Countries visited in my travel stories
Anecdotes, divided by type in travel narratives
