Monday, 27 January 2014

They lay down when they ate their food... - Arraahhhh the Romans!


Outside the Colosseum our first night in Rome. We managed to avoid picturing the
scaffolding adorning a large section of the Colosseo.
 Mother to a murdered daughter, 
wife to a murdered husband – 
and she will have her vengeance,
 in this life or the next...
A view of the underfloor staging areas inside



Waiting for the tour, chilling on a 
2000 year old column piece
During the tour, gangsta rapping,
yo
Some men genuinely gangsta rapping with the Colosseum as a backdrop
The Roman Forum, a large area 
in the heart of Rome
A view across Rome's rooftops - you can see the memorial to Rome's first 
King in the distal background...


... the Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland)
celebrates the first King of a unified Italy and is
controversial because it is so white 
(like a wedding cake it is said - yuk!) 
Spot Roisin at the front.
The Trevi Fountain - with unruly horse on the left and placid horse 
on the right to represent the fickle nature of the sea. Fed by a roman aquaduct.
Rosin throwing money over her shoulder into the Trevi pool

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope you kept your Trevi wishes secret. I reckon the giant horse statue (stand next to it and you'll see what I mean, although it's not as colossal as the Colosseum) at Altare della Patria is one of Rome's highlights. Simon

Anonymous said...

...and some went bathing in the nude

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