Friday, March 7, 2014

When in Rome

Today was our first day in Rome.

We started out the morning early by going and getting some laundry done.  I was great because we could drop it off and then go get some breakfast and after that, we stopped in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.  I have to watch myself or I will say impressive in every sentence that I describe something.  Everything we saw was beautiful and ornate and astounding.

After we got our laundry we went to the Colosseum.  We walked around that for hours.  It was great to see one of the great wonders of the world in person and touch it and mosey around inside.  I kept thinking "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius..."

We walked down by the Circus Maximus and saw where there would have been chariot races.  Then walked up to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier/Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II.  There we walked in and got a great panorama of the city.

We then went to Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martini and spent some time in there.

Santa Maria Maggiore


And inside.


The Colosseum.


I soooo wanted to get down there.


Went back in time.




Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.


That's St. Peter's basilica in the back.


Inside Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martini.

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