Friday 21 August

Another busy day today as we decided to go for a little walk this morning to a couple of shops we thought were close to us. That was not the case and we ended up walking back to the area where the Pantheon is and also lots of other areas that we have seen and a few that we have not. I think we got a bit lost.
However along the way we did have some fun experiences and I met some more new friends also.

Do you know who they are?

In the afternoon we went on another tour. This time it was called the Imperial Rome tour and took us firstly by coach and then lots of walking again. Our guide's name was Giorgio and he was so knowledgable like all of the other guides that we have met. We went first to the Roman forum where the ancient Romans used to hold all their meetings and then to the Circus Maximus where the chariot races used to be held in ancient times. The next place that we visited was the church of St Peter's in Chains where the chains that shackled St. Peter when he was imprisoned are displayed. At this church we could also admire the statue of Moses that was created by the artist Michaelangelo. He was such a talented artist and there are works of his displayed all over Rome

The chains of St Peter.

The last part of our visit was to the Colosseum. We really could not leave Rome without going inside this amazing building even though I do not like what has happened there in the past. It is an amazing architectural form and the architects of this building have used arches all through it. These have 

enabled the building to withstand the test of time although a part of the building was destroyed in an earthquake many centuries ago. Also over time some people pillaged and robbed the Colosseum

 of many of the beautiful statues and some of the valuable building materials.

The Colesseum