Yeah I saw my videos this morning too, not all that exciting, I just look like a bald bloke jogging, dressed in blue.
This is my eleventh day in Rome now, going back tomorrow, and one thing that's struck me is that Italians don't seem to be very on signs, they expect you to be a little bit psychic, hasn't been bad as I'm on my own, but I did keep thinking what a nightmare this could've been if I'd brought my daughter for instance.
As for the walking across in front of runners during Rome's official marathon there's two points, one, the organisers shouldn't have let it happen, there's a lot more barriers in the flm. Two, I've met some really nice Italians genuinely impressed, people who work at the hotel have gone out of their way to chat in a supermarket, even though they can barely speak English and I cant speak any Italian, they didn't have to they could've ignored me or just nodded. On the other hand, walking around the streets I've seen some right stuck up pretentious arseholes who barge past you, jump queues and generally look at you like shit in their dolce whatever's, sunglasses, scarves and coats when its 17c... so I wasn't really surprised when some thought crossing the road, and blocking someones once, maybe, experience was more important. But you get people .Ike that everywhere, so its up to the race organisers...
...is it just me, I'm quiet, but are Italians particularly noisy? They talk really loud on the phone, had to tell one git last night to shut up as he was shouting so loud on the phone next door. Even now I can hear them all jabbering away...
