Sunday was by far the most miserable weather when we were in Rome. It was raining from the beginning... of course... since we had planned on doing all our outdoor activities in Ancient Rome. Our first stop was the Colosseum. The line (despite the weather) was sooo long and wrapped around the Colosseum. We stood in line for almost 2 hours, soaking wet, trying to stay excited about seeing the inside! It was an uncomfortable experience, but made it in, just as the rain lightened up! The picture below is Therese and I once we were finally inside! In an attempt to keep my camera dry I cut out the actual Colosseum!
It is such a neat environment and it would have been fascinating to get a more detailed history, or even a tour of the place. An unlike the Arena in Verona.. we didn't have the opportunity to do a photo montage of a Gladiator fight....
After wandering for a while and looking at the different exhibits in the Colosseum, we decided to get a quick lunch and take a quick, practically running tour of the Roman Forum. The sun finally came out and we got to see a little bit of it before we had to run up to the Villa Borghese for our appointment to see the Museum. We made our way and got to the Museum in just enough time to discover that the reservation never went through and the museum was booked for the afternoon... ugh! So instead, we wandered around the gardens and decided to go to Piazza del Popolo before the weather turned for the worse again. Santa Maria del Popolo is a famous church there with two of the most famous Caravaggio paintings, The Conversion of St Paul and the Crucifixion of St Peter. I was so excited to see them, but.... the church was closed! Surprise!!
At that point, we decided to give up and head back to our hotel to dry off and sleep the day off. Thankfully, there was a great pizzeria open in our neighborhood. We had a bottle of wine and some food, before watching Georgetown lose the basketball game... sniffle... a sad day...
It is such a neat environment and it would have been fascinating to get a more detailed history, or even a tour of the place. An unlike the Arena in Verona.. we didn't have the opportunity to do a photo montage of a Gladiator fight....
After wandering for a while and looking at the different exhibits in the Colosseum, we decided to get a quick lunch and take a quick, practically running tour of the Roman Forum. The sun finally came out and we got to see a little bit of it before we had to run up to the Villa Borghese for our appointment to see the Museum. We made our way and got to the Museum in just enough time to discover that the reservation never went through and the museum was booked for the afternoon... ugh! So instead, we wandered around the gardens and decided to go to Piazza del Popolo before the weather turned for the worse again. Santa Maria del Popolo is a famous church there with two of the most famous Caravaggio paintings, The Conversion of St Paul and the Crucifixion of St Peter. I was so excited to see them, but.... the church was closed! Surprise!!
At that point, we decided to give up and head back to our hotel to dry off and sleep the day off. Thankfully, there was a great pizzeria open in our neighborhood. We had a bottle of wine and some food, before watching Georgetown lose the basketball game... sniffle... a sad day...
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