We have spent some time in Rome, so the purpose of today's trip was to get "THE" perfect picture of the Colosseum to put on our wall. While we have some great pictures from 3 years ago, we now have a new DSLR - and wanted a different caliber of photo.
My very brave husband rented a car, and drove through the heart of Rome. As I was panicking over the traffic, I asked him "Who has the right away", his response... "Who ever takes it".
They are doing alot of new building on the Colosseum. If you look closely at the left hand side - you can see the new parts.
Here is an example where they have built the new building, and incorporated the columns of some building into the side.
It was 92 degrees with a humidity of 90%. It was hot, and I was miserable... and while we didn't "lose" the car, we had a difficult time trying to get around the Roman Forum to get to it.
The Colosseum comes with very dark historical statistics, it is known as the "arena of death". It is estimated that more than 500,000 people and more than 1 million animals died in the arena. Starting with 5000 animals and 2000 gladiators in the first 100 days festival.
That aside, this is one of my favorite things I've seen in my European travels, only the Parthenon in Athens compares. I'd like to see if the Pyramids, and Easter Island Statues are comparable.
2 comments:
Leave it to my wife who doesn't know her left from her right. That's why I got her a GPS for the car -- so she could find her way home by herself. The new bricks are on the right.
HAHA, can I say that I was looking at it upside down?
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