121 il passetto

(above: the "Passetto", secret passage between the Vatican, to the left, and Castel Sant'Angelo, to the right)

Crossing the street in Rome is an adventure for a pedestrian. I can't tell you how many times that my survival instinct has kicked in and I have had to sprint out of the way of a motorcycle or car.

This makes me really wonder about these little old ladies that I see slowly crossing the street.
They aren't spry enough to hustle out of the way, but they do glare angrily at uncoming traffic, which is apparently pretty effective.