I was about to blog when...

...I realised that although I have spent the last few days standing in the ruins of a once great empire, soaking up the atmosphere and admiring architecture built and conceived by some of the greatest minds of ancient Rome, Italy sucks.

They had a guy here in Rome, about 118AD, called Hadrian. You may have heard of him. He is most famous for his wall. It's a great wall,(not Chinese), but still great and you can find it in the north of England. Yes, that is a long way from Rome but this Hadrian guy got about a bit. He was also an amatuer architect. Yes, not a proffesional, this was a hobby of his.He rebuilt the original Pantheon, (built by Agrippa in 31BC), and is credited with being responsible for how it is now. Check this out. The Pantheon Rome

The walls are 6 metres thick, the dome above the structure is 43m wide and the same height. The dome starts at 6m thick and gets thinner towards the top to approx 2m. The huge marble floor is concave which drains any water which comes through the 9m diameter hole in the roof off into the complex drainage system in the foundations. The very same ocular in the ceiling marks each solstice with precision each year.

Now think, this was built about 2000 years ago.

Now, I ask you, how is it that the land known as Italy today, which has been the cradle of European cultures and peoples, such as the Etruscans and the Romans is incapable of posting 4 wine glasses from it's capital to Australia?

Shite...

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In other news Allan was accosted by a nun on a bus today.