Huynher's Adventure: Lost in Rome

I am not sure if anyone had faced the same problem as us, but it seems like we are always getting lost. It never fails. Even with a map or asked the locals for directions, we still get lost. How come?? Are we that bad with direction?? I think its more of the lack of signs on the roads. One night we were looking for the Trevi Fountain and followed the direction of the sign and we ended up at the Spanish Steps. How could we have gotten lost even following the signs. Eventually we found it and realized that the arrow was pointing in the wrong direction. You guys might be thinking that we are just bad in reading maps and with our directions, but if you go to Rome, you will notice that a lot of the tourists are lost too. They are all standing in a corner under some sort of light, one hand holding a map and the other holding their bag, trying to figure out which way to go.
Another thing we were confused in Rome was their Metro and bus system. No one is there to verify your bus ticket or metro ticket. There was one time when an old lady in front of me, inserted her ticket to be read and it gave her a red light (meaning her ticket was not valid) but yet she was still able to go through the gates and into the Metro. As for the bus, no one, not even the tourists or the locals, get their tickets stamped. They have the machines on the bus, but no one uses it and no bus driver ever checks it. People just hop on and off the bus. We were beginning to think that the transportation on the bus was free. We were almost tempted not to buy anymore bus tickets but were afraid if they did do a random check, we would be fined big time. Remember there is no free lunch out there!!!!
Nevertheless, we had a great time in Rome. There is definitely a lot to see in this “Eternal City”. The basilica in the Vatican City was a lot larger than I thought and I really really enjoyed the “Pieta”, the work Michelangelo created when he was 23. As for Kenny his favorite part was the Chinese food dinners. He was telling me that if he had to eat another non-Hawaiian pizza again, he would have died. So there were two nights where we ate Chinese food. Guess what he had, yup Pineapple Fried Rice. Hee heee =)
But in terms of sightseeing, his favorite part was the “100 Fountain” in Tivoli. Tivoli is a small city outside of Rome (40 minutes away from Rome). It was a side trip we took to look at this palace that had an amazing garden in the back with over 80 fountains. It was certainly beautiful. His second favorite was the hallway in the Vatican Museum. He thought it was a really glorifying work of art.

And for you TD friends, here is the picture of Kenny at the Vatican City with his florescent pink Currency Options folder as he promised.

The "100 Fountain" in Tivoli