Roma, pt 1

11/10/09: First impressions about Roma:
1. the grafitti is really bad for Europe. It's not America "flag and tag" bad, but it doesn't have sweet monsters and aliens and lazers and stuff like it is supposed to.
2. Remember how the deal with cars in Valencia was that they can park wherever they wanted and it became a parking space? Well here the deal is that scooters drive like I ride a bike but much worse and way faster. If a car is ever in their way, they are allowed to drive against traffic, on the sidewalk, over medians, whatever. And the culture is funny, the cars never honk or argue or get mad, they just accept being cut off by scooters. And by scooter, i mean motorcycle, because that's what they are really.
3. All the girls here dress super tough. Leather jackets, sunglasses (sometimes pushed up onto head), and those boot things that are also high heels. They will totally make eyes at you but I am pretty sure it is in a "im so tough dudes cant make passes at me anyway so i will do what I want" way.
4. Women don't get older here. Ive seen lots of awesome old dudes, with amazing facial hair and canes and sweaters and stuff (what Dane really wants to be) but no old ladies. And middle aged couples are funny, because they guys do the American thing and get a big belly but the women are all super skinny and concerned with fashion, etc.