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That's a bit strong isn't it?
Are you sure?
I mean, I have a few things against the place myself but I couldn't
actually bring myself to say that I hate it.
Anyway, this part of the site is really just supposed to be a
bit of light relief from all that 'in praise of mediterranean
cooking' guff. On this page and those
which link to it, we redress the balance a little with a few
moans about Rome and Italy in general.If you have a 'RomeMoan'
of your own, then mail it in.
We'll post the more interesting, amusing, profound, or downright
undisputably succinct
observations on the downside of Italy.
And if some of this stuff gets you hot
under the collar, remember it's just the bigoted ramblings of
an old trueblue Brit - And what do the British know about anything?
By all means, flame
us if you'd like.
Click the links below for a few pet hates about Italy we've singled
out for your initial attention - the things we think you'll notice
first when you visit Rome or any other large Italian city... |
The chap on the right is a Vatican
employee. His job is to disallow entry of unsuitably clad visitors
to St Peter's. Here he is checking if the amount of back-flesh
showing on the girl is within prescribed limits.
Inhabitants of Rome are never sure
if they're living in a museum or a demolition site! True, where
else in the world can you walk past some of the finest and most
ancient surviving architecture on your way to work every day.
Unfortunately, with constant excavation and preservation of these
buildings going on, the city of Rome allows the rest of the public
services to run in largely underfunded and undermanaged chaos.
It's a bit like living under siege and is a classic case of having
your cake and not eating it, the love/hate relationship that
Roman citizens have for their extraordinary city - which is what
RomeLife Website is all about really. |
