Double the Fun

Whoever said 'two's company but three's a crowd' has obviously never spent a weekend with my wonderful friends. I've just had a visit from two of my school friends, Tara and Joanne, and regardless of what that idiot may have thought it was truly a case of Double the Fun and non-stop laughter. One of the little things that made this weekend stand out from all the others visits I've had was the girls' attitude. They came with next to no idea about what the wanted to do in the touristy sense and very little intention of letting primp time and hangovers detract from our fun. With no pre-conceived notion about how the weekend should unfold we were completely free to just go with it... and get camera crazy.

The girls were very lucky to come when the sun was shining and so I opted to say 'sti cazzi' to roman convention and join them wearing shorts, highlighting the fact that we were tourists. We spent the day just wandering around and naturally stumbling upon sights such as the Imperial Forum, the Vittoriano, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps and happily just found a sunny spot by each, where we could natter away and enjoy the sunshine.

The next day we decided to persevere with our 'the best plan is to never have a plan' plan and proceeded to stumble upon the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, the Colosseum and more. We had lunch in Campo dei Fiori and dinner in Trastevere, which was so cheap but unbelievably delicious and devised one liners that kept us giggling like school girls right up until bedtime.

Monday, their last day here (weep!) was the only day we had any sort of mission in mind, the Vatican Museums. But as we've already established plans ruin all good things and as soon as we saw the sheer volume of tourists gathering and heard that there was over an hour's wait we said 'stuff it' as they were happy with having already seen some of the Vatican. Instead we spent the morning hanging out in the garden of Castello d Sant'Angelo before going wandering again. We got of slice of pizza for lunch, which we enjoyed in Piazza del Popolo before we finally had to come back to the flat so that Tara and Joanne could pick up their stuff and get to the airport on time.

What was amazing about this weekend was that although we saw lots, we didn't actually really do anything. It was so much fun! There's a lot to be said for the company of old friends. Those that know where your coming from and are always there to help you think up what to do next. I haven't laughed so much in ages, even the slightest knowing look would set me off. These girls know too much! I almost hadn't realised how much I missed them! And I can't wait to get them back n my daily life either.