Hitting the pavement in Rome

It has been a while since I was in Rome last, 2001 I recall. The sights haven't changed much, it doesn't much to me, they have been around for thousands of years at any rate. A major dissapointment struck me when YI looked out the window, no just a small shower, there was pouring rain, however, by 11 am, the showers had cleared and a glorious day awaited.

The distances between the major monuments is short, hitting roam means hitting the pavement, you need to be willing to walk - we were willing.

Walking through the smaller the smaller streets, the Largo di Torre Argentina proved to be exciting set of ruins, no huge like the forum, but at that size, we able to view all.

We were both blown away by the ancient ruins, it is hard to believe, thousands of years ago, at this place, the greatest empire the world had known reigned.

The colosseum is an imposing sight, still largly intact, just visiting the outside was interesting enough. The following day, we planned to tour inside, today was just the warm-up.