Rome, Italy

After a nice breakfast in the courtyard of the hotel we went into tourist mode right away and took the subway directly to the Coliseum. The tour covered the main points of the structure and then we had a nice pizza lunch nearby to recount all we had learned. Next we took a tour of Palentine Hill which overlooks The Forum. A stroll through the Forum with the help of a book allowed us to see ‘before’ and after scenes so we could better understand what we were looking at. Next we saw the famous square designed by Michellangelo, Mussolini’s headquarters, the ‘wedding cake’ monument, Trevi Fountain and finally the Pantheon. Dinner was well deserved after such an eventful day. The pictures are worth a thousand words!