Day 28 - Rome Day 2

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Hobbit On Roman Pickpockets

I’m glad to be leaving Italy and the criminal element. I caught yet another guy trying to dip his hand into Wendell’s pocket on the subway. At least here in Rome he had the sense to look guilty and get off the subway when he got caught. Rick Steves can go blow when it comes to ‘traveling like a local’ in Italy. Sheep have this cool survival technique. They all move about in a big bunch because if you are a sheep out all by yourself you will get eaten, but if you’re in the middle of a bunch of other sheep it might be some other sheep that gets eaten. So if I’m moving about Italy in a big bunch of tourists

Hobbit Contemplates An Egyptian Cat

Hobbit Stays Hydrated In Rome

All these fountains in Rome were originally where everyone got their drinking water, so the water is piped down from the Italian Alps and the stream coming out of Thor’s mouth or Pan’s pee-pee is drinkable. In fact, it’s better than what comes out of the tap. So I kept my camelback filled from Pan’s pee-pee all while we were in Rome. I can’t imagine why the residents don’t do the same. It’s really good water.

Hobbit Fills Her Camelback At Trevi Fountain

Argentum Cat Sanctuary

So what do you do with a bunch of ancient Roman ruins? You put a fence around it and make it into a cat sanctuary. A full block sized temple ruins in Rome makes a great place for fat happy rescue cats to hang out.

The Cat Sanctuary Occupies An Entire City Block

Argentum Cat Sanctuary

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