Hotel Serana Rome
Via Principe Amedeo, 64 Rome, Lazio, Italy
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The Colosseum
Fantastic start to the day – we got an email from our daughter – we are grandparents!!! Yabba dabba doo! Heidi May arrived early this morning Australia time weighing in at just over 7 lbs. Both mother and baby are doing well, and Joshua despite the loss of his beloved Hawks on Friday night is on cloud nine.
After a nice breakfast – this hotel has bacon and omelette – set off on the underground Metro to ...
Back to Rome for a day
... numbers grew, a greater proportion of the population disliked the blood sport and was no longer politically advantageousso they were stopped. Tragically, most if the damage to the colosseum was done by succeeding popes etc pulling out brass, marble and granite to build the various churches around the city, the ultimate recyclers... By the time we got to 2pm I was feeling a bit over it, hot, hungry and bordering on mildly grumpy.....but after some food the world felt better ...
Colosseum, Roman Forum and the Trevi Fountain
... to the famous Spanish Steps Rome. The piazza, church and famous Scalinata Spagna (Spanish Steps) have long provided a gathering place for foreigners. Built with a legacy from the French in 1725, but named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See (which is still located in the piazza), the steps lead to the French church, Trinità dei Monti. In the 18th century the most beautiful women and men of Italy gathered here, waiting to be chosen ...
All Roads Lead to Rome
... in the site). Dotted throughout the ancient city there are body casts of some of the victims of the volcanic eruption that buried the place, thus bringing it down once and for all in 79 AD. The casts were made by pouring plaster into the hollows left by disintegrated bodies, so they were in the actual positions that the victims were in when they died. They were pretty creepy; but at the same time, the presence of these casts amongst the gutted framework of ruins served as ...
Vatican Madness, Siesta, Italian Soccer Madness
... convince myself it was worth getting up to see more of Rome. But it was - the evening was the best part.
We took a walk through another part of the city to do the passeggiata (the local stroll around early evening to people watch and relax). The weather had cooled down and was very pleasant. We started in Piazza del Popolo, which was not only "Square of the People" but felt like it...there was a protest going on and it was packed! We wandered down Via del Corso, the main ...



