Rome

10/06/2010

It was pretty warm last night and blisteringly hot today. After such a short time since leaving freezing Edinburgh, we are now complaining about the heat! Some people are never happy. We each bought a Roma pass this morning, which gives 3 days of unlimited travel on all Rome public transport, free entry to 2 of a big selection of museums/archeological sites and hefty discounts at others. We knocked off the Colosseum before lunch and found to our delight that we avoided the huge queue and were able to walk straight in, thanks to our Roma passes. It takes bit of imagination to relate the Colosseum today to what it must have been like 2000 years ago but is still a bloody impressive building. After lunch, we tackled the the Palatine hill, had a look over Circus Maximus and then wandered around the Roman forum. No doubt about it that Rome is the place to go when it comes to ancient historical ruins.

Close by is the tomb of the unknown soldier, which is part of an absolutely huge white building. I'll post a photo so you can appreciate how big it is.

We passed the tomb on the way to a supermarket at the main train station, which turned out to be overpriced, understocked and all round disappointing.