Sunday 19 June 2005
This morning we headed to the rail station to book our tickets to Paris on Thursday. To my disappointment the overnight trains were all booked so we have to shorten out stay in Rome by 12 hours and arrange an extra night in Paris. (Chaucey is doing this now.)
The day was very hot - 35 degrees and we sheltered in the hotel during the middle of the day. The heat was so much that the footpaths were melting.
We went out in the afternoon to the Collesuem and the Roman Forum but the heat was still stiffling. The queues to get into the Collesuem were long so we skipped that and walked through the forum. We entered through the Titus Gate, which is a large marble archway and walked through the ruins of the forum. A number of buildings are still standing (including the Curia, which I'm sure David Farrer is pleased about) but most of the buildings are just a pil of rubble. We shuffled in the heat back towards the Metro and went back to the hotel for another rest.
While we were resting from the heat a massive thunderstorm started. After the storm cleared we headed out to a pizza restaurant near to the hotel for dinner. We sat outdoors as the storm had completely cleared and each had a wonderful pizza followed by dessert - the menu had Tiramisu and Pana Cotta (which the waitress said she couldn't translate to english) but we went for the two items we didn't recognise. I'm sorry that I can't remember the name of the desserts as they were both excellent.
Next door is an internet cafe, so that was convientent for updating the blog. Tomorrow morning we will be up early to avoid the crowds and the heat to get to Vatican City.
The day was very hot - 35 degrees and we sheltered in the hotel during the middle of the day. The heat was so much that the footpaths were melting.
We went out in the afternoon to the Collesuem and the Roman Forum but the heat was still stiffling. The queues to get into the Collesuem were long so we skipped that and walked through the forum. We entered through the Titus Gate, which is a large marble archway and walked through the ruins of the forum. A number of buildings are still standing (including the Curia, which I'm sure David Farrer is pleased about) but most of the buildings are just a pil of rubble. We shuffled in the heat back towards the Metro and went back to the hotel for another rest.
While we were resting from the heat a massive thunderstorm started. After the storm cleared we headed out to a pizza restaurant near to the hotel for dinner. We sat outdoors as the storm had completely cleared and each had a wonderful pizza followed by dessert - the menu had Tiramisu and Pana Cotta (which the waitress said she couldn't translate to english) but we went for the two items we didn't recognise. I'm sorry that I can't remember the name of the desserts as they were both excellent.
Next door is an internet cafe, so that was convientent for updating the blog. Tomorrow morning we will be up early to avoid the crowds and the heat to get to Vatican City.
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