I remember Rome without the crowds. That's because I was a student, so for most months of the school year the tourists were still back home, planning their trips. Imagine that we were able to walk in the Piazza Navona and there might be only 20 people in the entire space. Or walking into St. Peters, one of only 10 people in the entire church. I had no idea back then how tourists would ruin Rome in the future.
@@doctor_ontravel I listened with much interest to Rick Steves (the authority on world travel) being interviewed by Lulu Garcia Navarro (former host of Sunday's Weekend Edition on NPR who was much better than that amateurish younger host now). Steves bemoaned the nearly effortless travel that today's hordes of tourists buy into. They are usually badly equipped to actually understand the foreign cultures that they invade in large numbers. For them it is like a more expensive theme park. A shallow experience.
Beautiful place,. I will go there one day
Thank you 🙂
I remember Rome without the crowds. That's because I was a student, so for most months of the school year the tourists were still back home, planning their trips. Imagine that we were able to walk in the Piazza Navona and there might be only 20 people in the entire space. Or walking into St. Peters, one of only 10 people in the entire church. I had no idea back then how tourists would ruin Rome in the future.
Thank you for your elaborate comment. The crowd may be due to the increased travel culture globally.❤
@@doctor_ontravel I listened with much interest to Rick Steves (the authority on world travel) being interviewed by Lulu Garcia Navarro (former host of Sunday's Weekend Edition on NPR who was much better than that amateurish younger host now). Steves bemoaned the nearly effortless travel that today's hordes of tourists buy into. They are usually badly equipped to actually understand the foreign cultures that they invade in large numbers. For them it is like a more expensive theme park. A shallow experience.