On Friday, April 13: Annemarie and I took the metro to the city center and did an overview. We got off at Piazzo Lodi and took the bus to the Colosseum.
First we walked around the Coloseum
Then we walked around the Arch of Titus commemorating the siege of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD.
We also walked past the Roman Forum, the site of ancient government buildings, or at least their ruins.
In the distance we could see Mussolini''s mausoleum--Annemarie says that it is nicknamed "The typewriter" and not very popular. We walked up to the Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill past the Capitoline Museum.
Piazzo Elephant at Piazza della Minerva
We walked past many churches, monuments, and architecture--old and new, the older the lower down- We wound up in the Pantheon, a huge building dedicated to all the gods originally but which became Catholic after Constantine. We ate Gelato in front of the pantheon. It had a large hole in the middle of the roof which lit up the entire building.
Next was the Piazza Novena with an Egyptian obelisk
to the St. Angelo Castle
and crossed the bridge to Vatican City where we queued up in St. Peter''s Square and then walked through the St Peter’s cathedral. We skipped the vatican museum.
After that we walked to the Ottiviano metro.taking the subway to Piazza Republica where we walked to the bus station at Termini. Along the way we saw an aqueduct. and lots of ancient roman ruins.
We changed from the bus to the metro at Pingeto and took the metro to the Finocchio station where we walked back. Nichola took me to another second hand shop. I didn't see exactly what I was looking for, but I did see a lamp that I found interesting. In the evening we played tri-ominoes.
Then we walked around the Arch of Titus commemorating the siege of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD.
In the distance we could see Mussolini''s mausoleum--Annemarie says that it is nicknamed "The typewriter" and not very popular. We walked up to the Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill past the Capitoline Museum.
The museum is next to the town hall where Annemarie had gotten married. The statue of Marcus Aurelius is in front.
.We had a picnic of leftover pizza on the steps nearby. Then we walked down the steps and stopped at a fabric store on the way where Annemarie bought fabric for her kitchen.
We walked past many churches, monuments, and architecture--old and new, the older the lower down- We wound up in the Pantheon, a huge building dedicated to all the gods originally but which became Catholic after Constantine. We ate Gelato in front of the pantheon. It had a large hole in the middle of the roof which lit up the entire building.
After that we walked along the Tiber River
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After that we walked to the Ottiviano metro.taking the subway to Piazza Republica where we walked to the bus station at Termini. Along the way we saw an aqueduct. and lots of ancient roman ruins.
We changed from the bus to the metro at Pingeto and took the metro to the Finocchio station where we walked back. Nichola took me to another second hand shop. I didn't see exactly what I was looking for, but I did see a lamp that I found interesting. In the evening we played tri-ominoes.
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