Breakfast is good again, and this time I bring the camera to share the view. The dome thing is St Peters. We are to have a day being tourists. Not wishing to be too conventional in our tourism we have decided to take myspace pictures of Mab and Little Fish t-shirts.

First stop St Peters and the Vatican. Very hot here and not surprisingly crowded. Whilst we have lots of t-shirts, none of us are suitably dressed to be allowed inside; The queue looks too long for undetermined tourists like us. We take various pics of me in Little Fish squid squad t-shirt, voltane in Mab T-shirt, me and voltane in Mab t-shirts and Swan holding a little fish t-shirt over a fountain. Mostly with St Peters in the background.

We have become more accustomed to the heat, and how to deal with it. We try to stay in the shade, drink lots of water, and rest alot.

Next stop the Coliseum. Even hotter here. We compare the melting rates of ice-cream flavours; chocolate melts very fast and gets everywhere, my lemon is the clear winner with nothing on my shirt or the ground. Ambling around the Coliseum we dodge the swarm of guides offering tours in english. To actually get in the attraction either involves a 30 minutes queue or paying extra for a guide. We decide the money and time would be better spent on lunch.

After a pleasant and reasonably priced lunch (we run off quickly as €40 for 3 seems very cheap) we stroll past a lot of ruins which constitute a tourist attraction. I think its part of the forum. Outside some big palace named after an Italian king we find some appealing fountains. Just the place to photograph a Little Fish t-shirt. The Little Fish is barely in the fountain...

before a policeman starts whistling at us and hurries over gesticulating. We rush off before he can catch us, melting into the crowds. It is difficult to look inconspicuous with a dripping t-shirt round the neck.

We survive to fight another day. As the sun begins to set we come across another fountain in the Piazza del Popolo. This one is not policed; the little fish is able to bask peacefully in the water. As no-one starts whistling Swan goes for a paddle in the fountain.

A little fish in a fountain in Rome

A day of alternative tourism has been quite cheap, and maybe a bit less tiring than joining the queues.