(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 21 NOV - They had sneaked into the Colosseum after sunset to enjoy a beer from the famous arches that look towards the city but were stopped for 800 euros by the carabinieri, who had been warned by some passers-by. That's how it ended, says CNN, the evening of two American tourists, who had climbed the high railings to enter the arena and climbed up to the second level of the building before deciding that the view of the ancient Romamerita was a beer. Too bad that some passers-by called them by calling the carabinieri, who stopped them while they were returning from their drink on Via dei Fori Imperiali, presenting them with a salty bill for that taste of "dolcevita".
They are not the first tourists to be punished for their transgressions: in August an American and an Englishwoman were fined 900 euros for jumping into a famous fountain in the Eternal City.
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