Italy - Part III - Rome

Ahh...Rome!



I really don't know what to say about Rome, so I will keep the words short on this posting and let the pictures do the talking. You must be getting sick of my commentary by now anyways.



The picture of the Coloseum above certainly doesn't do it any justice. I felt in awe at my first glimpse of it from about three blocks out. I have seen many sights on my travels but none have moved me as much as the sight of the Colosseum.





At first glance I couldn't believe this small town kid from Embro (yeah...that's me) was in the presence of something so historic and grande.







I quickly became the fiercest, and fan favourite gladiator to ever enter the bowels of the Colosseum. I was in favour of the emperors and feared by all opponents. In the end (as all gladiators eventually fall) it took beasts of unknown strength and size to bring me down)

I know...a little crazy and a tad bit morbid, but that's how I felt. I talked to other backpackers and strangely enough...many had similar feelings as they walked towards to Colosseum.

Get to Rome and try it for yourself or if you've already been there...let me know how you felt.

I had pretty high expectations of Rome before arriving and was worried I'd be let down as often you are when you've already set high pre-conceived notions of a place.

But in the end....it was even more impressive than I had imagined. You would be hard pressed to walk more than 100 metres in any direction without seeing something of historic relevance or beauty on a huge scale.


I'm going to let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Once again...everything is so huge in Italy, it's hard to capture on a picture so...let your imagination turn you into a fierce gladiator, a Roman emperor or whatever image the pictures conjure up for you.

Enjoy....

Next...we'll have a little chat with the Pope at the Vatican City.

See you here again in 4-5 days. Ciao!!