On our last day, we finally got to see the Colosseum. It was the only site we visited at which we took a guided tour. This got us access to areas we would not otherwise have seen. We started the tour on the floor of the stadium, which is a Read more…
The Roman Forum was the birthplace of Rome. In its day it housed government buildings, lively market squares, temples, a house of women condemned to virginity until the age of 30 lest they be buried alive (true story) and the place where Caesar’s body was burned. Also a Chipotle. Side Read more…
We set out this day with very little planned and ended up all over the place seeing all kinds of wacky old crap. We learned that forums are like drugstores, there’s one on every corner… or at least what’s left of them, which isn’t much. You’d think at some point Read more…
Day Eight was all trains and napping… possibly still more interesting than the job at which you’re likely reading this but still a bit of a stretch to make interesting on my end. We pick up our story with Day Nine. Today we saw the Pantheon, which was a weird Read more…