Well I'm not really sure what exactly it is that the Romans do but we have been eating lots of good pizza, pasta and ice-cream. All food that Roman (well Italians really) are really good at making. it has been good, although my stomach has been objecting to the amount of gluten I have been giving it and today I had a break from the pizza and pasta. The problem with so much good food is the effect it has on your waistline. Hopefully all the walking we have done around Rome, I will still be able to fit my jeans next time I put them on.
As I mentioned this morning, we went to the Vatican City yesterday (Wednesday) with some friends with had made from our hostel; David, Lemmy and Dayan. It was really impressive to go into some of the churches and chapels there and see all the artwork, carvings and architechture there that was built in adoration of the magnificent and awesome God that we serve. At the same time it was a bit sad to see so many people who go thinking of this as a great pilgrimage and seeing them crying and praying as if what they had done was saving them. From there we wandered through the streets of Rome, and then went to a place where we could dress up as gladiators and get photos taken of us. That was lots of fun!
Today, we went to the Colosseum and then wandered around Rome. The Colosseum was huge and really impressive, there was some information boards and statues that had been found in one part of the Colleseum and then we were also able to wander through the ruins and imagine what an impressive structure it must have been.
From there we wandered through the streets of Rome, ate food, and got a few souvenirs while using our batering skills to get good deals. We got some great personalised t-shirts and a few other things and then also hired segways for 1/2 an hour which was lots of fun.
Have a look at the pics from the last few days and enjoy. For some unknown reason I cant put captions on the photos while on the iPad, so here are the captions (sorry that they aren't up there in the order that they were taken).
1. Us chilling in the hostel... We made it to Roma!
2ff. Modelling ( as inspired by the many Asian tourists we have seen around here)
6. Gigantic 5kg tub of Nutella
7. Fountana di Trevi
8. One of the photos taken of us dressed up as gladiators
9. Us in front of the Colloseum
10. On Segway's ready to take on the world...
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