Colosseum/ Roman Forum

 We took a tour of the Colosseum and Forum. It was great to have someone tell us what we are looking at.

 I loved realizing that the Colosseum as we see it now is the skeleton. It originally was wrapped in marble and had details and molding and statues everywhere. It would have been great to see in its peak!

 They found dice games during excavation. Proof that people other than my mother in law have been carrying dice with them for years and years! And I found my fav jar in Italy, something about the iridescent colors I liked!

I loved the Forum! Walking on roads that Caesar and other famous people walked. So cool.

 We come to bury Caesar not to praise him!

 And I loved knowing that the floor above our heads is the height of the ground during the middle ages. To think that people just walked on top of this for ages! Ah! So cool.

 And this is what happens when your husband's friend tells him to work it during a photo shoot...

 And my Roman Holiday is complete!

 Loved the catacombs under the church Cosmedin. Legend says the current church was built on top of a temple Hercules built! How cool!

 And we threw rocks at each other at the Circus Maximus. That place was HUGE!

 Then our last stop for the day was the Baths of Caracalla. I loved them-- it was so big! And I loved all the mosaics. All the tiny attention to detail was so fun. I would have loved to see all of this in its real time. I can't image all the bright colors!