Tired Feet

Another day spent walking. Feet are tired, legs and backs are aching but there are satisfied smiles all around.

We spent much of the morning walking through the Colosseum. It was amazing. The thought of the period entertainment of gladiator fighting and huge crowds of people, simply amazing. The size of the building and scope of with work that went into building it are astounding. I felt awed to walk in this place where 2,000 years ago all this happened. It made for a really good morning.

We stopped in at the San Pietro in Vincoli church where the chains that held Peter the apostle are on display along with Michaelangelo's statue of Moses. The statue was beautiful. Later in the day, Tom mentioned that the statue of Moses had horns on it. I didn't notice when I was there but on looking at a picture, it's very obvious that there are horns. They have something to do with a misinterpretation of the word wisdom from a copy of the old testament. Apparently, the word for wisdom and horns were very close in their use.

We spent some time at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore and the grave of Bernini.

Lunch was at Gallo Matto. The place had a very unique decorator. The had animal masks, a small surfboard, a star, 1/2 of a pig and all sorts of other strange things hanging from the walls including a rubber chicken, and christmas lights. You can see some of the madness on the left. Very unique. I had a cheese pizza with some pepperoni on it. Wasn't my first choice but it was ok. Everyone else had pasta of some sort. By far, I thought the tortalini that Sarah had was the best. It was interesting that they have their own house label wine.

We stopped in the National Museum of Rome. Lots of carved stone of old dead people. (I was getting tired at this point.)

Baths of Diocletian, picture a thousands of your closest friends exercising, wrestling and then taking a bath together. In a bath house that spans 50 acres or more. Pretty impressive sight.

It's nap time for me and then off to dinner.