Breakfast time. And incredible array of pastries, cheese, cold meats, yogurt and fruit. Wonderful coffee with warm milk. In a beautiful dining room - marble doorways, chandeliers, antique furniture, fresh flowers on the tables. A decent way to start the day!
"The Irish aren't coming anymore", we hear from one of the Khan family owners, "they used to be our second biggest country and now there are none. The recession is everywhere." Yesterday the metro and bus drivers were on strike in the morning and the trains in the afternoon. It didn't affect us at all though it must have been hard for the people.
Today we'll immerse ourselves in history in the forum and view the city from an open air bus. We are in aawe by the scale of what Roman life was - from the architecture to the infrastructure to the luxury and the excess. Hmmmm, a lesson for our times?
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