Oh How Ironic

9th July, 2009, AEST 7:06pm

You know, all I wanted to do in Italy was go to the coliseum. All my Dad has wanted to do was take us to the Coliseum since we were children, and the one chance we had to go we couldn’t because the G8 leaders spouses were taking tour. I’m really disappointed. Oh well. I do plan to return here after Year Twelve for a trip, so I shall venture there then. I just feel really bad for Dad though. I inherited my History fetish from him, but he’s about a million times more into the Roman Empire/Roman history than I am. Mum said he was so excited about taking us to the Coliseum that he paid for the most expensive tour of the place. So as the title suggests,
I found the whole situation slightly amusing and as you are aware by now, my sense of humour is very cynical. When something like this happens, I look for the irony behind it, and this one just jumped out at me. One of the issues that the G8 (well, G7) leaders were meeting to discus was about the global economic crisis, and it was just ironic that like say Australia were we rely on tourism to feed our economy, Italy does to. They closed two major tourist attractions in Italy (the Forum directly opposite the Coliseum), so that a few people could tour it. This has resulted in everyone for that day having to be refunded. If you have been to any of these sites before, you’ll know that it’s incredibly expensive, and that an incredible amount of people make the pilgrimage there.
But the day was not entirely filled then with my cynicism and disappointment, we took a tour around Roma to all the old ruins located around the city. And we did go to the Pope’s Crib early in the day. Speaking of which, it kicks 50 Cents ass when it comes to what this bitch has up in his crib. Regardless of whether you went for the religious aspect, the architect value, or even for the art, it’s just a fantastic place to visit. I was absolutely blown away by the Sistine Chapel though. Just the shear size of the paintings all though the hall, it’s just amazing. Sculptural wise, the Pieta was fantastic. Just the amount of detail that went into the body of Jesus, you can even see where his skin distorts where Mary’s hand holds him. Anyway, enough for now. Toodles.