Rome: Day Two
Gena awakens!
All right, this is this old Roman ruin where there now lives a cat colony. Shelly and I dropped by there later and, from what I could read of the sign, volunteers actually maintain the colony and hold adoptions every day.
Verdict? Best idea ever. Because even if you don't adopt them, you don't feel bad, because I can't think of any better place for cats to live (especially with people taking care of them).
This one reminded me of Oreo. n.n
I petted these two!
The matriarch and I believe the patriarch. They seemed to own the place.
I took more pictures of cats than I took of the Colosseum. Think on that one a while.
This is the hill used for Roman government... stuff... back in the day. Honestly? I don't remember most of what we talked about, because, once again, Samuele was talking. A lot of this trip was extremely frustrating just because I actually wanted to learn things, especially about Ancient Rome, but he just can't communicate. Grah.
This man is the epitome of Tourist, and I love him.
Some guys pretending to be statues!
Wuins
The Roman forum, which also would have been really interesting if... yeah, I don't even need to say it anymore.
Here he goes.
Janet and Robert, leaning on the Do Not Lean railing!
I feel bad, because he really is a very nice man. :/
Flurrs~
The Arch of.. ...somebody. Not Constantine.
BADONG
Sorry, that was inappropriate.
I just hadn't said anything in a while. Look, a garden for Vestal Virgins!
THERE'S the Arch of Constantine.
And guess who!
There were gladiators. Janet warned us not to take pictures with them, because it's a ripoff. :/
Dan can make the "D:>" face really well. I tried but it didn't work. ):
Meeee
The Arch again!
For Emily:
This is our album cover.
Amanda, Heidi Benson, and Sarah Brown. All thrilled!
This is the best and worst museum I've ever been to. It was excruciatingly boring, but we were allowed to guide ourselves around it, which meant a bunch of underslept college students were running free inside.
We weren't too bad. But there was lots of laughing, a couple of minor dance-offs in the halls, and a short but very intense automated lens race in the ancient coin exhibit.
(I came in second)
I really liked this church and its little chapel, mainly because we didn't stay long, but also because it was just nice. It was made out of a Roman bath.
...I know this because Janet was the one talking.
Gemini!
I envied that guy. He looks like he is thoroughly enjoying the water.
I don't think those Baroque architects were decorative enough. I mean, seriously, you could do SOMETHING to jazz up these boring churches, y'know?
Another gladiator, who's looking a little out of shape.
The Trevi Fountain!
Here's where we got gelato both on Sunday and the next day. It was so crowded we could barely move, but we got three flavors AND whipped cream!
Piazza Navona at night, which is where Shelly and I went when we were following our hearts to find the McDonald's.
The Pantheon! (day three)
It got Baroque'd and turned into a church. ...way less interesting.
This was another one of my favorite places. It's an old Jesuit church, and was one of the bases of the Inquisition.
You can just tell. Seriously.
SPROING
Good old America, being all savage again!
Here's Piazza Navona in the daytime.
And the church thingy that it's built around.
A guy was selling bubble guns, and I twirled in the bubbles. n.n
THAT IS ALL