Visit Rome - 10 Things That Will SHOCK You About Rome, Italy - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Josh_Randall85
Hi, Mark. A few years back I asked you questions about travelling through Europe in a wheelchair and accessibility. Well, I finally did it this year with my girlfriend and it was AMAZING! Italy/Rome was the last country we visited before heading back home and it was hands down my favourite country/city. The people are so friendly and are more than willing to help, the food is soooo good, and as you mentioned everything you want to see is relatively close together and as someone in a wheelchair who's having to push all day that was greatly appreciated, especially after 3 weeks of pushing around the UK & Europe. A few tips for those fellow disabled travellers who may be thinking of heading to Rome/Italy. You will get a lot of locals staring at you but don't take it the wrong way, they are kind and more than willing to help. I had a group of complete strangers on a bus walk right up to the bus door as soon as it opened and lift my chair up into the bus and then proceed to ask me where we're going and then explain exactly what stop we need to stop at and then tell us when we got to the stop. If you're in a manual chair I cannot recommend a device called a free wheel, enough. It will lift your front casters off the ground and saves you having to deal with the cobble stones which are everywhere and can be dangerous, especially the Colosseum. Trust me, it's a life saver. Lastly the toilets are dirty and also finding an accessible one is next to impossible an even the regular toilets are small and compact, so getting your chair in will 9/10 be impossible. A trick I used at a couple of restaurants was transferring onto a wooden dinning chair and then scooting or having my girlfriend help pushing me through to the toilet door and then transfer onto the toilet seat, and then repeating that backwards to get back onto my WC. When travelling through Europe, McDonalds is your friend when you're looking for a toilet as a wheelchair user. Lastly, don't let fear scare you out of doing it. It's the greatest thing I've ever done and with a little thinking and ingenuity you can solve almost all problems that will come your way!
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Hi, Mark. A few years back I asked you questions about travelling through Europe in a wheelchair and accessibility. Well, I finally did it this year with my girlfriend and it was AMAZING! Italy/Rome was the last country we visited before heading back home and it was hands down my favourite country/city. The people are so friendly and are more than willing to help, the food is soooo good, and as you mentioned everything you want to see is relatively close together and as someone in a wheelchair who's having to push all day that was greatly appreciated, especially after 3 weeks of pushing around the UK & Europe. A few tips for those fellow disabled travellers who may be thinking of heading to Rome/Italy. You will get a lot of locals staring at you but don't take it the wrong way, they are kind and more than willing to help. I had a group of complete strangers on a bus walk right up to the bus door as soon as it opened and lift my chair up into the bus and then proceed to ask me where we're going and then explain exactly what stop we need to stop at and then tell us when we got to the stop. If you're in a manual chair I cannot recommend a device called a free wheel, enough. It will lift your front casters off the ground and saves you having to deal with the cobble stones which are everywhere and can be dangerous, especially the Colosseum. Trust me, it's a life saver. Lastly the toilets are dirty and also finding an accessible one is next to impossible an even the regular toilets are small and compact, so getting your chair in will 9/10 be impossible. A trick I used at a couple of restaurants was transferring onto a wooden dinning chair and then scooting or having my girlfriend help pushing me through to the toilet door and then transfer onto the toilet seat, and then repeating that backwards to get back onto my WC. When travelling through Europe, McDonalds is your friend when you're looking for a toilet as a wheelchair user. Lastly, don't let fear scare you out of doing it. It's the greatest thing I've ever done and with a little thinking and ingenuity you can solve almost all problems that will come your way!
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Sor
Hi, since I saw a couple of comments asking you how to reach the city center if a flight is arriving late (about midnight) at Fiumicino, I post the reply here as it might be useful for travelers. Usually, last train from Fiumicino (FCO) to Termini station is leaving at about 23: 30. Then, you have two options: bus (if you manage to take the last one) or taxi. For busses, there are some private companies taking you from Fiumicino to Termini. Tickets vary from 5 to 10 euros, depending on the company. Every company has a front office at the arrivals so you can ask there for timetable and prices. if you see them closed it means it's too late and I'm afraid the only option you have at that point is taxi. But please pay attention, because there will be plenty of fake taxi drivers waiting for you in front of the exit doors at the arrivals. Those are private car drivers, chaffeurs, they're not official taxi drivers (even if they tell you so in order to convince you, they also tried with me and I'm Roman. So, if you go with them it's at your own risk and for sure you will pay more. The official taxis are outside, in a dedicated station (and the color of cars is always white with a taxi sign on top, just follow the signs to reach it. If there are no taxi (it could happen when it's really late night) just wait in front of the taxi station, they will quickly pass by and pick you up. Let me stress that again, taxi drivers are not waiting for you inside, they're outside. Also, taxi fees from the two airports to anywhere within the Aurelian Walls (i. e. the city center) are fixed: 48 euros from Fiumicino airport (FCO) and 30 euros from Ciampino (CIA.
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Hi, since I saw a couple of comments asking you how to reach the city center if a flight is arriving late (about midnight) at Fiumicino, I post the reply here as it might be useful for travelers. Usually, last train from Fiumicino (FCO) to Termini station is leaving at about 23: 30. Then, you have two options: bus (if you manage to take the last one) or taxi. For busses, there are some private companies taking you from Fiumicino to Termini. Tickets vary from 5 to 10 euros, depending on the company. Every company has a front office at the arrivals so you can ask there for timetable and prices. if you see them closed it means it's too late and I'm afraid the only option you have at that point is taxi. But please pay attention, because there will be plenty of fake taxi drivers waiting for you in front of the exit doors at the arrivals. Those are private car drivers, chaffeurs, they're not official taxi drivers (even if they tell you so in order to convince you, they also tried with me and I'm Roman. So, if you go with them it's at your own risk and for sure you will pay more. The official taxis are outside, in a dedicated station (and the color of cars is always white with a taxi sign on top, just follow the signs to reach it. If there are no taxi (it could happen when it's really late night) just wait in front of the taxi station, they will quickly pass by and pick you up. Let me stress that again, taxi drivers are not waiting for you inside, they're outside. Also, taxi fees from the two airports to anywhere within the Aurelian Walls (i. e. the city center) are fixed: 48 euros from Fiumicino airport (FCO) and 30 euros from Ciampino (CIA.
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Paolo
Do not be surprised by the public water of Rome, the ancient Romans invented the aqueducts 2500 years ago. Today in 2020 the aqueduct called Aqua Virgo is still operating, it was built in 19 BC. In Rome, water has been public and free for 2500 years.
With reference to the public baths, the ancient Romans had public baths (on which the emperor Vespasian introduced a tax for use, hence the famous phrase Pecunia non olet) when your ancestors lived in caves and painted their faces.
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Do not be surprised by the public water of Rome, the ancient Romans invented the aqueducts 2500 years ago. Today in 2020 the aqueduct called Aqua Virgo is still operating, it was built in 19 BC. In Rome, water has been public and free for 2500 years.
With reference to the public baths, the ancient Romans had public baths (on which the emperor Vespasian introduced a tax for use, hence the famous phrase Pecunia non olet) when your ancestors lived in caves and painted their faces.
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cindy
Street vendors in your face everywhere! Do not make eye contact or speak to them or you will never get away without buying something! Our room overlooked the street and the same 2-3 guys would be working it all day. They liked to hide around the corners of buildings and pop out in front of people as soon as they came around it. Also when filming from the uncovered top seat of a tour bus, watch out for the trees!
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Street vendors in your face everywhere! Do not make eye contact or speak to them or you will never get away without buying something! Our room overlooked the street and the same 2-3 guys would be working it all day. They liked to hide around the corners of buildings and pop out in front of people as soon as they came around it. Also when filming from the uncovered top seat of a tour bus, watch out for the trees!
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Sofie
I visited Rome last year and I found the people who worked in customer service to be very rude, really acting like they didn't want to be there - not even a smile, so I was a bit chocked since Wolter said romans are so nice. But he must have been talking about the non-service romans because they were super friendly and helpful. So yeah, don't get the two confused.
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I visited Rome last year and I found the people who worked in customer service to be very rude, really acting like they didn't want to be there - not even a smile, so I was a bit chocked since Wolter said romans are so nice. But he must have been talking about the non-service romans because they were super friendly and helpful. So yeah, don't get the two confused.
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Daniela
Oh c'mon, you can let someone have a slice (or more) or your pizza here, and you can do a pizza-slice-swap if you wish! Dammi una fetta della tua pizza ed io ti do una fetta della mia (Give me a slice of your pizza and I'll give you a slice of mine. The rule regarding this is not as rigid as you seem to be saying here. I'm a Roman woman, by the way.
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Oh c'mon, you can let someone have a slice (or more) or your pizza here, and you can do a pizza-slice-swap if you wish! Dammi una fetta della tua pizza ed io ti do una fetta della mia (Give me a slice of your pizza and I'll give you a slice of mine. The rule regarding this is not as rigid as you seem to be saying here. I'm a Roman woman, by the way.
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travel
Hey are you crazy! Dont go in Italy, there is the Mafia! Mafiosi will kill you and rape your wife and children! And more there are a lot of communists too! They want destroy America! And finally theres the Vatican! The open door to hell! Oh my God! Stay Hawaii from Italy la mamma pummarola pizza maccherone!
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Hey are you crazy! Dont go in Italy, there is the Mafia! Mafiosi will kill you and rape your wife and children! And more there are a lot of communists too! They want destroy America! And finally theres the Vatican! The open door to hell! Oh my God! Stay Hawaii from Italy la mamma pummarola pizza maccherone!
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Indy
I AM IN ROME RIGHT NOW. Mark if you see this what is this bakery at the beginning of this video?
Everyone, pizza recommendations. Restaurant street food and market recommendations. Staying near municipio II area. Will travel.
Will also be in Naples from 10am-6pm. Restaurant recommendations please
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I AM IN ROME RIGHT NOW. Mark if you see this what is this bakery at the beginning of this video?
Everyone, pizza recommendations. Restaurant street food and market recommendations. Staying near municipio II area. Will travel.
Will also be in Naples from 10am-6pm. Restaurant recommendations please
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Roderich
Surely in all these videos he mentions things that might surprise you rather than shock you. If you are shocked then you must have a very low shock threshhold. Or is this another example of the divergence between British english and the english of the USA?
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Surely in all these videos he mentions things that might surprise you rather than shock you. If you are shocked then you must have a very low shock threshhold. Or is this another example of the divergence between British english and the english of the USA?
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Austin
A wonderful video, all very true! What shocked me was how loud (and constant) the Vespa scooters were - everywhere! Like hundreds of little chain saws. Hey, am from Texas, and know that sound well.
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A wonderful video, all very true! What shocked me was how loud (and constant) the Vespa scooters were - everywhere! Like hundreds of little chain saws. Hey, am from Texas, and know that sound well.
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