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How We Experienced The Passions Of Roman Life.
By Les Sheppard, Mon Dec 26th
We haven't met... yet, and until now you wouldn't know that Imake part of my living by writing about the city of Rome, itspeople, passions, food, sport, history and culture. In fact, Iown a web site called Lets-Travel-Rome.com, which kinda happenedby happy accident after I visited this great city with my Wife -one anniversary, some time ago. If you've ever had the opportunity to travel to Rome, you'llprobably already know about the fervour and passion of itspeople, who can get themselves into a convincing frenzy overvirtually anything that happens in daily life. I had the chance to be in the city during the 2004 EuropeanFootball Championships, at a time when the national team wereheavily dependant on the form and talent of one Francesco Totti,Rome's favorite footballing son, whose image cannot be avoidedwherever you look!
Here is a God-Like figure, who Romans pin their hearts and hopesupon, every time he appears for the "Azzuri" (the nationalsquad) or their beloved Roma (the capitals leading team for manyyears). It's almost impossible to purchase a Roma team shirtwithout the "Totti" name emblazoned on its back, and his powerover advertising media can clearly be appreciated by the rangeof products he is able to endorse succesfully around the citiesposter sites. You can probably imagine the atmosphere found in the streetsduring these crucial championship matches. The whole placedraped with flags and banners, windows thrown open, filling theroads with the sounds of urgent cheering and disappointed groans. Suddenly, we were taken by surprise, and Italy had scored agoal! A massive uprising was taking place all around us, and thewaiter at our streetside cafe was off... running in triumphantcircles around the middle of the road. Cars were hooting, peoplewere leaning out of their windows to cheer and
share in thechaos, and normal life was suspended for several minutes whilstthe Romans celebrated their modern day gladiators success. About half an hour later we became aware of an eary silence, andthe unthinkable had happened without our realisation. Theopposing team had scored an equalising goal, putting Italy outof the final stages of the competition, and a grave period ofmourning was about to begin. Our waiter leaned listlesslyagainst the side wall of our cafe, all interest in activitydrained from his body... best get the bill and get out of here,we thought. The next days papers carried furious reviews of the nightsfailings, and we couldn't find anyone who wanted to discusstheir dashed pride with mere tourists like us. Mr Totti stilledsmiled down on us, as we continued to stroll around the deflatedcity, but we suspected his "pulling power" was sharply dimishedthat day. But, this was Rome, and before our break was spent, the oldpassions were rising to the surface once more. Roma were to openthe new season with a derby match against the Old Enemy, Lazio,and the rivalry between the two sets of fans is intense. The twoteams share the Stadio Olimpico, which has a capacity of 100,000screaming fans... the modern version of The Coloseum, or TheCircus Maximus, we thought! That's all for now. In my next article, I'll explain more of mytravel tips for your time in Rome. Best wishes for a great vacation, Les Sheppard About the author:Les Sheppard's website gives full information about planningyour trip to Rome, including flight deals, Rome accommodationtips, Apartment and Villa rentals, tour planning and tips on allthe top Rome attractions at out web site: Lets-Travel-Rome.com You can also grab our free hotel guide and newsletter from thehomepage.
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