Ancient Rome

When we arrived in Rome on the 22nd there wasn't much exploring due to down pour that was happening outside. Instead we hung around our hotel had warm drinks and lounged in the comfy seating area. Luckily the next day the rain had stopped. We walked down to the colosseum. Our tour began here at the colosseum where we had the opportunity to go inside and explore. Even with half of the upper part of the colosseum missing it was still overwhelmingly big. Back in its former glory it use to be able to seat 60-70 thousand people depending how many people they wanted to pack in there. Next we walked over to the ruins of ancient Rome, this was an area that had been excavated,where bits and pieces of buildings and structures had once stood. Next we headed to a place that was a little less ancient but very well known, the Trevino fountain. The fountain although only 300 years old is still a very popular site probably due to the story attached to it. If you turn away from the fountain and toss a coin over your back you will return to Rome some day, and according to our guide this is true, and we know that it was true for Jill! After the quick stop at the fountain we were headed towards the biggest dome in Rome. The pantheon use to have statues of all of the gods in it but as Christianity became the universal religion they were replaced. As I said earlier the dome of the pantheon is the biggest dome in Rome, it is even just slightly bigger than the dome of st. Peters basilica. Incredibly the pantheon is only one of tow remaining structures from the roman empire that is not in ruins. One of the most interesting things about the pantheon to me is that when it was built they left a hole right in the middle of the dome for light to get through and until this day try have not covered it up. This concluded our tour of ancient Rome and we also found ourselves on the other side o the city from our hotel. We got directions from our guide and began making our way back. However I misread te map and we turned the wrong way and ended up even further away from our hotel :) I guess you have to get lost at least once! But no worries we found our way back, the down side it took about an hour, yikes!