Leonard B&B Rome
Via Novi 14 Rome, Lazio, 00183 , Italy
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Day 22 - Last day in Rome...Last day of Wandering
... up what he did is beyond me....but impressive!
Back to the tour....the bus let us off and we did some walking to get to the Colosseum. On the way, our guide gave us some history of the Colosseum and how it came to pass that so much killing for sport took place there. History shows that when important persons died during the time of the early Romans, slaves were killed to be buried with the important person so that they could be of service in the after ...
Day 25
... yum! We were so full but sucked it up and headed to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. We rented audioguides to understand each ruin and came across the Arch of Titus, Augustus' home, Julius Cesar's cremation site, temple of Saturn, and many other ruins! It was very interesting esp since I took an Italian culture class in college and i was able to see what i learned in real life, however I was so distracted from the intense heat. After we zipped through both ...
Colosseo
... for supplies on the way back to the apt. Zach not feeling well, sore throat, tired, headache. We loaded him up with some airborne and we went out to reload our wallets at the ATM and Joseph got a gelato, I decided to skip a day as I'm putting the calories on as fast as I'm walking them off and I'd like to see a deficit if possible!
So we are back and going to bed, off to the Forum, Palatine Hill, and perhaps the Capitoline Musum ...
Where are you from, Paradise?
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I met up with Michelle at 2 and we headed to the Forum and Colosseum. The Colosseum is hands down my favorite place that I've been this whole time I've been in Italy. It even beats Oktoberfest I think...lol. The Forum was really neat too, but being in the Colosseum and knowing what went on there was just intense. They had great temporary museum exhibits set up too. Michelle and I spent so much time just standing there looking ...
Repubblica
... Palazzo Altemps (and here is a link featuring information on all three). They have almost 10,000 inscriptions in the building. The ones I was most impressed with were the ones written in glass with gold thread and the ones imprinted in glass with gold script. But mostly the thread one. I tried to take a picture of it, but failed pretty miserably. (The museum function on the camera can be very useful for ...



