The slickest thing since the Fonz lying on a Valdez beach lathered in baby oil

Our trip generally involves us hopping from Rome to Tuscan Vineyard to Mountainous beach area to Milan to lake como to beer fest, mostly for only one day.

With the time limit in mind, our agenda in Rome looked very much like this:

Do everything.

And that we tried; Spanish steps, nap (1.5 hours), Pantheon (by accident), Coliesum, Ancient Ruins, Campo Di Fiori, The Drunken Ship Bar, Piazza Campidoglio, and a few accidental neighborhoods because we thought we were walking north, when it (later) became readily apparent we had walked south.

Coliseum

Having just slayed a tiger and a few barbarians in the arena, we pose for adoring crowd

When In Rome, Fall and Break your neck as the Romans do

While I have done a few dangerous things while traveling (see: July 2009, Vietnam; falling off motorbike and getting staph infection), I believe nothing is more likely to cause death than the steps of Piazza Campidoglio on a rainy day. Picture of Malcolm’s pink umbrella below provides evidence of rain:

 I shrewdly went with tropical underwater scene

The steps are made of the world’s smoothest marble and are tilted at a downward angle. This can be especially volatile when two out of three of your fearless travelers wear 6 year old flip flops with the world’s smoothest souls and it’s pouring rain.

Malcolm gloating his new reef sandels with adequate tred

More volital combo than Propofil and Xanax

Going up was manageable, as momentum generally would make you fall fwd. However, on the descent, Adam and I both experienced scooby doo leg moments- where your feet move quickly but you don’t move- only this time, instead of escaping ghosts, you fall and crack our skull open. Luckily, both of us caught our falls- Adam to much fanfare, inducing a round of applause from a group of 16 year old girls. (Although, they may have been applauding Malcolm’s Umbrella color choice or Adam's calves- picture in a later post).

Outside the Coliseum, feeling the moment, Malcolm serenades Adam with Pavarotti balad: J Sol Mio.