The first stop of the day? Well, the Colosseum of course! It's quite spectacular inside. They have reconstructed part of the floor to illustrate what it would have looked like back in the day. As you can see underneath the floor there were hallways and rooms, these were to house the animals that the Gladiators would/could fight. Something that I learned was that they had a whole elevator/pulley system of getting the animals from underneath the Colosseum floor to the battle grounds. It was pretty impressive looking even thought it is now quite dilapidated.
It was at this point that we realized our idea to beat the heat was not a wise one and wasn't working overly well. We decided to apply copious amounts of sunscreen and hide in the shade where ever we could.
Very close to the Colosseum are some pretty interesting ruins. Within these ruins are the final resting place of Cesare, the house Augustus lived in and the temple of Nero.
In our travels around we noticeed a giant slab of marble…what better to do in the scorching heat of the day amongst some famous ruins than some yoga!
After downing 3L of water each, dumping about 1L on our heads, losing Becca and then finding her again (she wasn't very happy about us having lost her)
We decided it was time to head home, but on the way out we stumbled across something that reminded me of a movie from my childhood. I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but this looks just like the training ground that Hercules trained on. Any with me on this one? Come on! All you need is a half-man half-goat and it's basically straight out of the movie.
For dinner we headed to another little restaurant in Trastevere and I had a pizza with olives, pancheta and artichoke hearts on it! So good! Seriously. Very good combo, a little salty, but mixed with the Mozzarella cheese and the tomato sauce it's a perfect combo.
So hot. So tired. Please be cooler tomorrow Rome. Thanks!
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