When in Rome...

Rome
City of ancient civilization! Oh how every place you step has known someone yet before. There is not a crevice, stone, molecule of air untainted in this fine city. Modern Rome is not the same size as ancient Rome but it seems not much has changed.
In Rome we stayed with Miss Lindy Long from Ohio. She is a good friend of Lisa's and gave us a place to sleep in her apartment in Trastevere the south eastern portion of Rome.
The first day we walked up Janiculum Hill, second tallest hill in Rome and viewed the layout of the city before us. Afterwards we walked down to the streets of Trastevere where the beautiful Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere stands keeping a warm shining face to the square that holds many restaurants and gelato stands.
Afterwards we walked across the Tiber river and found ourselves in Argentina, one of the many roman temples that has been made into a square because of the encroaching modern buildings and roads. Lindy volunteers at the Roman Cat Sanctuary where a home is for the abandon cats of Rome. They need help and are a non-profit working to spay and provide medical attention to the felines that rule the cobblestone streets. Walking around the streets of Rome the first thing that strikes you is the warmth of the sun, the amount of people no matter what time of day it is, and of course clergy members everywhere.

After our first day, our second was a bit more ancient.
The Roman Forum, Colosseum, Palatine Hill, Circus Maximus
Early morning wake up call for sightseeing. The sun was shining and we bought our tickets into the Roman Forum, only French maps where available (they always run out of english) so Lisa and I made use of that extra language we have.
The ancient birthplace and civic center of Rome sits between the 2 biggies of central Rome, the Colosseum and Capitol Hill.
After the Forum we drifted up Palatine hill while the sun was shining and looked out over the vast expanse of the circus maximus. The museum at the top was interesting, housing many of the found sculptures, pottery and materials found at the sight. There are even bronze and iron age huts that have been found underneath the Roman senators palaces here. The hill of Palatine is thought to have housed the first tribe of Rome and gave the myth or possible real history of Romulous meaning.
As the sun continued to shine we noticed omnious couds of rain in the distance and thinking better of it, moved to start our tour of the Colosseum. Only after a late Roman lunch did we start the tour, which gave us plenty of sunshine until the very end of our hour inside the Colossol theatre of gladiators and place of entertainment. I had to use the word colossol.