I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Oh no!

Amateur Traveler episode 751. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

Triumphal Arches and Basilicas, Holy Steps and the Holy See, the Coliseum

and the Catacombs as we go to the Eternal City Rome, Italy.

Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about Rome.

I'd like to welcome back to the show Gary Artndt who's come to talk to us about Rome, Italy.

Gary, welcome back to the show.

Thank you for having me.

Now Gary has been on the show so many times that I don't know that I can possibly go through every episode he has been on, we've been on, that I can possibly go through every episode he has been on.

We've done a lot of different things around the world

with Gary, one of the most common,

no, most, I don't want to say you're common, Gary.

One of the guests who has come back on the most number of times.

You are thinking about doing tours just on Rome for a week.

Yeah, so kind of give the background.

Since I've last been on the amateur traveler,

I launched a new podcast.

It's called Everything Everywhere Daily.

Not a travel show per se, but it deals with a lot of interesting stuff.

And in the course of doing it, I've done several episodes, I have several more on things dealing with Rome, the Roman Empire.

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