21 July 2012
We woke up early to send Iris off, with one last pastry and a stroll to the train station. I can believe she was able to get off three weeks of work to join us. It was great having her around.
Janelle and I left the tiered ones, Deanna and the kids, in bed, and went exploring while they got some more rest. Janelle really wanted to see the Pantheon, so we saw the Pantheon. It was humbling to be inside the dome that has inspired all other domes since. Built during ancient Roman times as a temple, it has survived because it has been in continual use as a church after the fall of the Roman Empire. Even though the statues of roman gods have been replaced with those of saints and crypts of famous Italians, that conversion has preserved this once and currently sacred structure.
This is the fanciest looking police station I have ever seen. Only in Italy would even the police have style.
After we did some more wondering of the Roman streets, we picked up Deanna and the kids and walked the few blocks from the hotel to the Colosseo.
Can you imagine what it would have looked like complete with a shiny white marble vernier?
After the Colosseo we did has the Romans did and went to the forum. In my lack of knowledge I thought in correctly that the forum was one special building. It tuns out it is a series of buildings and the central square they surround. Unlike the the Pantheon, the Colosseo and the Foro were never kept up and it shows. But there is something about their ruinous state that is inspiring, because your imagination has to fill in the blanks.
After all the sight seeing both Beckett and Lydia found that doing their own excavating, digging in the dirt, at the Forum was their favorite part.
-Issac
Location:Roma, Italia
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