Roma

Rome is totally crazy busy...Our first night we toured The Colesseum. It's a history teachers dream! It was amazing. Quin and I really just took it all in. It took them years to build. It fit 50,000 ancient Romans!!! Even slaves, woman and others. They had the first sports roof essentially. We really loved being there, thinking about the fans screaming for their favorite barbarian or gladiator...or wishing their death. We spent some time just sitting there taking it all in. WE then took the Heart of Rome tour, where it was difficult to find Campo Di Fiori, this neat piazza. When we finally did, we were super tired and wanted to speed it up. Crazily, we met people from Palatine, IL, small world. The Italian piazzas are amazing..there everywhere with public drinking fonts. It was just a dream walking through them. The Pantheon at night, Trevi fountain lit up, amazing gelaterias, I loved it. Getting lost really didn't matter....even though Rome is crazy confusing.
The next day we toured The Pantheon. Yes, the idea came from Greece, but they actually didn't want it to be the same. They wanted it to be more rounded in the back and have different things inside. That was successful. Even  though, someone measured off and the roof is uneven. There was Raphael' s tomb, a dedicating to the royal Savoy family,  and just super pretty. Plus, for St. Peter's Basilica, they took bronze from The Pantheon, as well.as some ideas from the dome to make it better and grander. We then had amazing, cheap pizza and walked around. Took a brief siests and headed to the Roman Forum. Holy cow, this place was neat. Blew me away with all that's left. Arches, history from B.C. times are amazing. Julius Caesar's temple where he was buried right by his house (even though he was killed in a Senate meeting not nearby, when normally meetings did take place in that area.) The grassy area nearby, where Romans sold fast food because their apts were too small they often didn't cook. We just felt it come alive...We really liked Palatine Hill, where the legend of Remix and Romulus were raised by a she-wolf and took over the nearby city and stole the women to essentially create Rome. Their huts, as well as gardens and Augustus' s (Julius Caeser' s son who was great and brought peace,) house facing Rome were amazing. We can chat later if you want history teacher details =)
After, we attended the national museum of Rome's sculpture and mosaics. We loved it...escape the heat, see history...Roman sculptors...Hercules, Zeus....and then everyday, normal people. We also saw best preserved mosaics from normal people's homes.
We then ate at an Irish pub...sounds weird, but it was recommended and it was great!

Famous Spanish Steps