Every tourist has to indulge in the obligatory activity that is the tour bus ride. It's easy, covers a lot of ground and is very informative (like somebody googling something and spoon-feeding it to you). All in a relatively short amount of time.
I can't help but compare it to a big cage rolling around, teasing the animals inside it with sights, sounds and smells of people they never met, memories they never made and the life they would never have.
You can rent a Lamborghini for 30 minutes for 80 Euros.
My wife's college buddy on the left.
Yours truly in the middle.