Ancient Roma

Our first morning, we had our free breakfast at Fondi bar...one croissant and one espresso or one hot chocolata. We bought a metro ticket apiece and headed to the Colosseum. I knew this had to be our first stop, because it is so dramatic to step out of the metro and tada the Colosseum!

We purchased the Roma Pass. The BEST deal ever for exploring Roma. At only 20 euros apiece, it gave us entry into almost every museum/site (Colosseum, Forum, Palatine, Capitoline M.,...) AND it came with the 11 euro/3 day metro ticket.

After the Colosseum, we walked to the Forum and used our Roma Pass to look at what remains from the temples, churches, and shops. During a rest, we met some lovely New Zealanders who wanted to know about the Pantheon (they were thinking of the Greek Parthenon).

We climbed to Piazza del Campidoglio (designed by Michelangelo) and visited the Capitoline Museums (famous for the HUGE fragments of Constantine and Roman Copy of Dying Gaul, and She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus)

We wrapped up the day with a walk past the white cake like monument to Victor Emmanuel and Trajan's Column.