Never mind the clichés, where’s my helicopter?

There’s no shortage of clichés about Rome. Mention its name and several phrases will spring to mind: “when in Rome … la dolce vita … the Eternal City … lunatic driving”. It’s good to see at first hand that a lot of them are soundly based on fact.

Anita Ekberg doesn’t splash around in the Trevi Fountain these days but another young woman’s antics on the road from the airport neatly sum up the Roman lifestyle.