Rome - Colosseum etc.

Approaching the Colosseum from a distance, it was just as spectacular as when we first visited nine years ago with the boys. That day included a full tour of the Colosseum, so this time we just walked around the outside. Then it was time for lunch, delicious pizzas and red wine! After lunch we walked up a long hill to the Papal Basicalla of Saint Mary Major, which was the destination for many pilgrims this weekend, then onward to the train station and Piazza della Republica. We were going to visit another church but it was closed, so we wandered through the back streets via Four Fountains Road, a crossroads with a fountain on each corner, to Piazza Navonna for a well earned gelato.Read more