I feel absolutely terrible today - I am starting to think that I might have a case of the stomach flu. But, this is potentially a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I can't let my brother (or myself) down - so I have to keep marching on. Many of the Ancient Roman sites are located within close proximity of each other - so we decided to see those today. We saw the Colosseum first, which was a surreal experience. It must have been really something to experience an event here back in its heyday - when you are here, it is not hard to imagine the deafening roar of the crowd while gladiators and exotic beasts fight to the death (all with the emperor in attendance of course).
We also got a chance to see the Temple of Jupiter, the Arc of Constantine, and Palatine Hill, which are all nearby. In addition, we managed to walk to some very famous places in Rome - the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, and of course the Parthenon to wrap up Ancient Rome. To cap everything off, we had some amazing coffee at Tazza d'Oro and some very good gelato at Gelateria Della Palma. All in all, a great day of sightseeing!
