Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Good first day in (ancient) Rome

After a bumpy flight from Denver to London we quickly grabbed some curry in the BA lounge and hopped on a plane to Rome. It was long enough to be served afternoon tea and so the Mitz was happy! We and our bags made it off the plane and to our hotel with no problems.

The hotel Artemide is nice and after unpacking we made our way to the rooftop restaurant for some drinks and dinner. The weather was perfect and so we sat outside and watched the sunset. After dinner we walked to the Trevi Fountain and it was cool.



Today we started off touring the Coliseum, the Roman Forum, and the church of Saint Clemente with Kate Parkinson, a private guide.  She was excellent and explained a lot (really, like a thousand years) of history to us.  The Coliseum was even more impressive than I expected due to the sophistication of the engineering that is still on display.  Equally impressive were the structures we saw in the Roman Forum dating back to 500 b.c.  


Later in the day (after pizza and a nap!) we saw the Pantheon and a few nearby churches.  Now for some rest and tomorrow we check out some much newer sites, ie built after 1000 A.D.!












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