The pace of our journey thus far, combined with the heat of Rome, and the sheer number of insane tourists lead us to take the cop out tour of Rome today. We opted for a quick 2-hour orientation tour on one of those big red double-decker buses with an open air deck. They gave us little earphones, and a recorded message about each sight we passed played a couple of seconds too early or a too late while we sweat for two hours!
Unfortunately, a tour like that does not provide for many good pictures, but here are a couple…
The first shows us on the top of the bus with our little headphones and the second is a drive by shot of the Castel San Angelo. A continuous wall connects this castle to the Vatican. During times of religious turmoil, this was a place where the Pope could seek refuge and cover.
Rich was just amazed by the Monte Palatino (Palatine Hill) in this picture behind him…
This hill is above the Foro Romano (Roman Forum) and contains scant remains of the imperial palaces and the foundations of Rome. Apparently, we get our word “palace” from this hill where the emperors chose to live.
After the bus tour, Rich and I had to return to the hotel where we stayed the night before and move to the bed and breakfast where we were supposed to stay all three nights in Rome. After we got into our room, we thought we would try to catch the Colosseo (Collseum) before it closed at 7:00pm.
As we headed there on foot, we second thought that plan and decided to just take a leisurely stroll to find a recommended dinner spot. Here we paused for a shot in front of Scala Santa. I think Rich really liked all of the statutes on the roof…
Our final “sight” for the day was a walk around the Mausoleo di Augusto (Emperor Augustus’ tomb). Here Rich poses in front of this dilapidated tomb of one of Rome’s great leaders…
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