When in Rome

Explaining our time in Rome won't even do it justice it was that amazing. We had three different private tours, with two different amazing tour guides! The first tour was on a golf cart. The best way to see Rome! We were able to go down alley ways and to places that a normal bus tour couldn't, and see way more things than if we were on foot. Andrea was our tour guide for the first day, he took us places that weren't even part of the tour just because he thought we would like it. We looked through the worlds most famous keyhole that we didn't even know existed. Went to a place where we had a beautiful panoramic view of Rome. And the whole time he was telling us stories about what happened where and such.

(Pictures and explanations will be in a later post)

The second half of our first day he took us to the Vatican. It was all amazing but my favorite part was Wednesday morning with Eva. We toured the colosseum and the forum. She told us so much history and information it was overwhelming. It made us all want to read more and figure everything out better. 

The colosseum, for those who don't know, was like a modern day baseball stadium except made out of marble and held the gladiator games. 

Eva kept describing Rome as lasagna, and you could definitely see why when you walked through the forum. Layers upon layers of buildings. The forum was where all the town business happened. People gambled, made political speeches, waited for jobs, traded supplies etc.. 

Saw Julius Caesars house and where his ashes were kept. Finally understand the story between him and cleopatra and mark Antony. It was a very educational day and now I just want to read every single thing I can get my hands on about Ancient Rome.