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Travel > Italy Tips for visiting Rome

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So anyway you're walking around Rome somewhere near the Fountain of Trevi, minding your own business, with your snout buried in a street map when suddenly a car pulls up to you. The driver asks for directions and then discovers you're new around here too. You notice he sounds suspiciously Italian, maybe he's from down south!

"I'm sorry but I'm only a visitor here myself" you say with a friendly and concerned gesture.
"Are you English?" the lost new friend says excitedly "I love London...my favourite city. And the girls, belissimo!" he bellows, whilst kissing his palm and throwing the re...

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