I guess I am not the average tourist. I don’t much care about all of the touristy locations and taking selfies in front of stuff. I like to wander around randomly and just look at people and walls and graffiti and collect collage materials and then go back to my makeshift studio and see what I can come up with. To me it is a big achievement to figure out public transportation.
My air b&b is on a busy street at 115 via Prenestina. The sound from outside the window is entertainment all by itself and it is loud: trams, busses, motorcycles, cars, people, birds, airplanes overhead, honking, the constant sound of tires, sirens going by randomly all day long, church bells, etc. when getting on the tram, sometimes it is empty enough to get a seat at other times you can barely get inside the door. Listening to all the people talking in all different languages, most looking at their phones or talking on them. And in the end it is city life and city life is pretty much the same where ever in the world you are. Every moment is different. Everything is constantly changing and here in Rome, for thousands of years.
I look up at the apartment rooftops and see hundreds and thousands of TV antennas and dishes from the shifting technology. Who even uses those now? But maybe it is not worth the trouble to take them down from the roofs.
I am so entertained by your writing and like that you're not the typical tourist doing meh stuff. I am there with you vicariously seeing and feeling through your words and photos. I am especially enthralled by the graffiti pics as they are such pure art in of themselves. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.