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PWMTrav
Probably a few reasons ranging from checklist tourism, being somewhere often enough that a couple of days is fine because there's next time, or just not having the time off and going for 2 days is better than not going at all. Rome is a tough one though, because things are spread apart, and the big things take a while. If I were to do a tour of the forum, colosseum, and vatican in the same day, I'm not sure how I'd even get up the next day.
lol - the last one - going for 2 days on short time off is better than not going at all. And b/c I love Paris so much that I had to stop there first (using an AF stopover miles deal!). That's a good heads up that the big things take awhile. It sounds worthwhile to buy skip the line tickets.