I Love All the things About ‘Emily in Paris’ Besides Her Vacationer Blunder in Rome

Look, there may be nothing I look ahead to greater than brand-new episodes of “Emily in Paris.” Your complete present is a spectacle of vogue and frivolity and is a present I might watch over and over. Nevertheless, in season 4, episode 9, Emily makes one main mistake I merely cannot overlook. (Warning: There are very small spoilers forward, so in case you’re not caught up and do not wish to know even the tiniest particulars of what is to come back, possibly save this story for after you binge-watch.) 

Within the episode, Emily makes her method to Rome to go to her new love curiosity, Marcello, on his residence turf. The 2 take a tour across the metropolis, exploring a few of its biggest websites, together with the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain, the place Emily tosses a coin over her shoulder into the water, as each traveler actually ought to do too.

Following a fast pit cease for wine and a snack, Emily and Marcello make their method to the Spanish Steps — and that is the place the difficulty begins. You see, the duo takes a seat on the steps, which is strictly forbidden. 

“Guests are usually not allowed to take a seat on the steps. They’re additionally forbidden to eat or write on the steps,” Antonio Di Maggio, director of the municipal police of Rome, shared in an announcement on the time. “Moreover, some behaviors are additionally banned, reminiscent of promoting items with out permission or dressing up as an historical Roman officer to take photos with vacationers. We’re right here to make folks comply with these guidelines.”

In 2019, authorities in Rome banned sitting on the steps after they mentioned too many vacationers had been spending too lengthy stress-free on them, obstructing others from transferring freely up and down the well-known stairs. And it isn’t simply that officers will shoo you away — sitting on the steps might incur a high quality of 250 Euros (about $270) or as much as 400 Euros ($443) if the steps are discovered to be broken by your sitting, in response to CBC. 

This is not the one act that may get you in hassle in Rome. In 2019, authorities additionally handed different measures to guard monuments, together with banning consuming “messy” meals round historic websites. So no pizza, pasta, or gelato on the Spanish Steps or close to the Trevi Fountain.

You additionally completely can’t drag or “bounce” a suitcase up or down the steps, as this, too, was banned in 2019. As Virginia Raggi, the mayor of Rome on the time acknowledged: “Rome is, and at all times will likely be, welcoming, however that doesn’t imply tolerating unhealthy conduct and injury being executed to our metropolis.”

Fortunately for Emily, she has a hunky new Italian beau to hold her baggage for her and hand-feed her pasta (critically) in a extra applicable setting.