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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Giro Turistico!

Sightseeing in Rome!

Santa Maria Maggoire

Interior of Santa Maria Maggoire

The Ruins of Rome

Arco Di Constantino

Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II

Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II

Images of the places we saw walking around during the first day of our trip in Rome! The architectural detailing interior and exterior is amazing! The Ruins surround the Colosseum, The Colosseum is a part of the Ruins. Now there are just columns standing there, its sad to see where buildings once were! The trees were wild all along that area! I felt like they belonged in a jungle not in the middle of a downtown area!

PEACE & LOVE,
Kevin & Amanda

Friday, November 11, 2011

Colosseo!

Back from Rome!

The first stop of our trip was to visit the Colosseum! It was Stupefacente (Amazing)! What is standing today is just the skeleton of what it was. All the walls were covered with marble, pearls, and gems, but it was all stolen to build everything else in Rome! The section below the wood floor shows the chambers of where the gladiators and animals were guided to the main platform, which was made of wood (it no longer remains but they rebuilt a section of to show what it looked like) They covered the wood in sand to absorb the blood from the battles. There is also floor seating which was very exclusive. Along with gladiator vs. animal battles and animal vs. animal, they also filled the arena up with water and had men fight on boats. Crazy the things they did for entertainment back then. The colosseum is huge it blows my mind how they had the technology to build something so extraordinary thousands of years ago. There is nothing like it today!

PEACE & LOVE,
Kevin & Amanda

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Ciao!

Kevin and I are off to Roma!

I will try and update with preview pics from Rome while we are away on vacanza!
Ciao Tutti!

PEACE & LOVE,
Kevin & Amanda