Today was so exciting. We’ve only been here for two days but it has felt so much longer. We went to the Colosseum today after lunch I was surprised because you came out of the metro and it was right there, immediately in your face, nothing else blocking your view. You’d imagine it to be ridiculously big, and, it IS, but not to the point where it doesn’t seem reasonable. It seemed like it would be an impossible size from what we see in the text books and television and movies but really it’s a very realistic size. Yes, it was still humongous and awe inspiring, but after I took it all in I realized it wasn’t as ridiculously huge as I thought it would have been. Another thing I noticed is that a lot of the signs in and around the Colosseum are written in Italian but then have English subtitles. I thought that was neat and interesting; that they would have that for all of the tourists. After the Colosseum we went to the noble district and saw Julius Caesars tomb.
We went out to lunch then came back to our hotel to relax after all the walking. Then we went out for dinner and to experience the nightlife but the market that is usually there wasn’t. So that was a tad bit disappointing, but we still got to see some of Rome at night! So that’s pretty awesome.