Today we went on a walking tour of Rome to the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, and the Coliseum (only the outside today). The main side of Capitoline Hill had two statues of Castor and Pollux (Face/Off!) in the front, which was pretty well-decorated. A couple had even gotten married in the adjacent building when we arrived. We then headed to the ruins of the Roman Forum. There I have to say were very grand in scale and number. The whole area again brought the Raiders theme into my head. Apparently, the buildings that survived only did so because they were used as churches during the medieval era. We stopped outside the Coliseum afterwards, but I decided to go to it tomorrow so as to not rush myself. Instead we went souvenir shopping around the Coliseum for rosaries to be blessed by the pope tomorrow. Due to my “indecision” I even got one for cheaper without bartering!
After lunch we visited the Roman “ghost town” AKA the Ostia Antica archaelogic site where the ashes of the dead were stored. Really beautiful with all the greenery here. On the way back to the hotel, Kymm, Laurel, Cambria, and I decided to get a sit down meal at a restaurant. As sick as I may get of it, I may have to get pizza all the time for this trip as it’s cheaper and filling without the cover charge to sit down if you do take away. I was content with the sea food risotto and swordfish that Cambria and I shared though. Normally it wouldn’t have filled me up, but the pizza I had for lunch was still in my stomach. We then met up with Valerie and Francesca to see the Trevi Fountain at night. Very beautiful and unparalleled by anything Caesar’s Palace can come up with. We saw a rush of people at one point and saw the aftermath of a proposal there. On the way back I saw some Face/Off store that put your face into glass. They even had the movie poster in the back though.
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