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June 14, 2007
The Palatine And The Colosseum
A while ago, Brent and I went to the Imperial Palace (the Palatine) and the Colosseum with Matt and Katie. Katie is one of my roommates and Matt is Brent's and, coincidentally, they're also dating.
Before any of that, though, here's a picture of the Tiber at night:
First picture of Brent and me in Rome:
One of the many cats here:
The Circus Maximus:
Interesting fact about the Circus Maximus, the stairs/bleachers that surrounded it are underneath the surrounding hills but no one wants to dig them up because they might be "dangerous." Also, that's the Palatine behind the Circus Maximus.
Always a beautiful view of something:
This is apparently where Mario and Luigi retire to:
It's weird to think of how old this stuff must be:
Katie and Matt:
Brent and Me:
Palatine Museum in the background:
Who knows what this is:
My favorite picture of the day:
It's amazing to me how much you're allowed to touch stuff here. At home, this would all be behind velvet ropes with security guards wielding taser guns:
Window? Gunnery hole?
The birds here are terrifying:
So happy:
Inside the museum:
We were all really tempted to pull the chain on this bell... but didn't:
It's funny that you see these dresses on the Red Carpet now:
View of the Colosseum:
Brent and Matt don't look very happy for some reason:
Through the arch is the building where the Bush protest was:
Birds:
We tried to make it to the Colosseum before the storm hit too hard:
Wow:
Brent and Me:
Matt and Katie:
It was definitely a good day to have all the awesome camera lenses I got for my birthday!
Anyway, I'm way behind and need to blog more... but Brent and I are spending the weekend in Florence, so I don't know how much time I'll have. Maybe I can get another entry done on the train or something. Until then, enjoy!
Posted by lauren at June 14, 2007 07:31 PM
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im glad you're finally getting caught up/are in the right country.
however. im pretty sure the train wont have wireless...
anyways, time for bed.
night
i loooooove you
brent
Posted by: brent at June 14, 2007 08:24 PM
WOW. The sheer size of the coliseum is awesome. Can you just picture it in its day? Were the gladiators in the coliseum or the circus maximus? I never saw Gladiator.
Also, the Tiber at night is very beautiful!
Posted by: M&D at June 14, 2007 09:00 PM
we can't get over the extrordinary amount of fabulous marble carved figires. There didnt seem to be that many in Greece. Poor cats, do you have anything to feed them? Great pictures!! We love to see them. P & G
Posted by: G at June 15, 2007 11:19 AM
I read somewhere that the cats in Rome are very well taken care of. They are not really stray -- everyone feeds them and takes care of them. Is that right?
I was also shocked in Mexico when they let all of the tourists climb all over the pyramids in Chichen Itza. It would never happen in the US, someone would fall and sue an ruin it for everybody.
Anyway, great photos and history lessons. I love it. Please find a Internet Cafe in Florence and keep us updated!
Posted by: Jocelyn at June 15, 2007 12:28 PM