Ciampino station, somewhere on the outskirts of Rome, Saturday 17/12/05, 9.30 a.m.

From the sky, the outskirts of Rome reminded me very much of landing into Marakech with hundreds of horrible concrete blocks like these.
When the pilot decided the view certainly wasn't worthy of the name we were heading for, he made a turn towards the river, which led us straight into the heart of antique Rome. Now the buildings were much more outstanding.
An hour later, on the platform of Ciampino Station I was looking forward to reaching the sights we had seen from the plane...