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| water spouts around rome |
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| colosseum |
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| gladiators.. |
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| ruins in palatine |
Rome is the best in the world !!!
It tops Venice…. Today has been the most fabulous day ever !! I feel like I got so much done…. Every minute well spent. We had a great breakfast at the hostel watched a little bit of Gladiator the movie (was filmed here in rome ) to get psyched up and we start off at 11. Here every other building is ancient and pretty and makes you go oohh….woow….look at that….you just turn a corner and there is another ancient monument and you r like ohh…what is that ? sometimes no idea at all…
Many of the the roads are cobblestoned and even the street lights are antique looking…. buildings I cant describe…each better than the other….it truly looks like an ancient city with ruins here and there , beautiful churches in every corner, amazing sculptures….
Today we walked towards the collosseum first…and at the end of the road …there it was !! its something ive always dreamed about…it is truly a grand sight….we got our tickets ( a funny story- the ticket guy thought we were very pretty and gave 2 tickets for the price of one ! :p advantages of being women in Italy I guess .) we go in and it was sooo beautiful….we read all the boards and notices describing the going on s…the fights, the gladiators, the royalty….saw the tunnels from which came the animals like lions , elephants and rhinos to fight with the gladiators….we were allowed to the lower levels…. It is huge ! it seated almost 50,000 people and they all came there to watch people being killed…..i could get pictures from the movie and was transported to another world….it was unbelieavable….it was so hard to leave…I just wanted to stand and stare….but we had spent 2 hours in there already….
Oh and I have to mention the weather is perfect !! J sunny and we need just a light sweater….it of of curse adds to the experience….
Then we got out and spotted a bunch of gladiators in outfits !! :D haha ! that was awesome !! and we could pay and take photos with them…of course I did !! they donned me in some roman robe outfit….but a gold leaf crown on my head…seated me on a chair and the 3 gladiators posed around me….I was CLEAOPATRA !!! :D LOL !! it was epic !! they were hilarious….
That done we went next to the roman forum and the Palatine….they were mostly Ruins…of old buildings and senates from old ages…it had the place of origin of Remus and Romulus the founders of Rome…the temples of venus and Saturn…the sunlight playing on the caves and tunnels and ruins…the view of the collosseum just beside us…the view of the whole city of rome….as the sun set…it was indescribable…. The sky was blue the buildings had a red tinge to them…we were in there for 3 hours just walking around….
This done we went next to the Vittoriano…which was superb in the nightlight….fabulous sculptures and architecture….but by now we had reached our fill for the day plus our camera batteries had died…we saw the city by night from up there….it was beautiful….here the birds did strange things….almost 5 large groups of birds flew in groups very fast making patterns in the sky !! like some show ! as if there isn’t enough to see down on the ground….
Then we went to the Pantheon !!:) which was gorgeous…but could see from outside only…
Still just amazing…the inscriptions on it….have to find out what it says though….and it is soo huge…the pillars seem to go on forever….it was great at night..im sure even better in day light…
After this we got some dinner…pasta….not that good…expensive..but we were starving…had not eaten lunch either… and then we went to the first of gelato bars highly suggested by guide books…
I got scoops of icecream I cant pronounce the name of….well one lesson learnt…taste it before you buy it..lol…J but anyway…I was being adventurous….
We walked towards our hostel..the other side of the city..and as we walked we came across so many more ancient buildings that we dint know the names of…it was 9 by now and legs were hurting . we have been walking for 10 hours….came back…put my feet under running hot water for a while…felt amazing…now typing as I drink tea….
Tomoro we are going to the Vatican city for the whole day….they tell me it is its own country..!! but I don’t understand that very much..i should read up on wiki….
I cant wait to got here…see the Sistine chapel…trevi fountain…Spanish steps…woowee… !!
We might go again on Wednesday because they say that the pope addresses the general audience J
We ll see
Well that’s all for now !
Gnite
Love you all
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| sunset over rome.. |
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