Roma

Rome…

Rome is full of motor scooters and cigarette smokers !
Rome is HOT and Romans are crazy drivers !

Here is Chantal at the Coliseum.
The Coliseum is a place where gladiators fought each other and exotic animals for the emperor’s entertainment nearly 2000 years ago…
It could seat around 80,000 people!

It was amazing being able to walk in the same places the gladiators had walked. And to see the tunnels where the animals used for fighting were kept.



We visited the Vatican City where the Pope lives, which is like another country within Rome.
We did a tour around the Vatican museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St Peter’s Basilica.

It was amazing to see all the artwork that had taken artists so long to do, like the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which took Michelangelo around 15 years.

It was very good being on a tour because the tour guide explained the meaning of the art.

Here we are in front of the famous marble Pieta by Michelangelo in St Peter’s Basilica, which is the biggest church in the world – it was two football fields long.

The Vatican City is guarded by these guards.
They wear these costumes. If you want to be a guard you need to be:
· A man
· A virgin
· Catholic
· Swiss


Here is Sabine at the Bocca della Verita (the Mouth of Truth).
In the old days someone behind would have a sword and chop off your hand if you replied with a lie.





This is just one of many Gelati (Ice cream) shops we have visited. This one had 100 flavours to choose from ! The ice creams here are real ice creams that taste of what they say they are. They are DELICIOUS!




We threw coins into the Trevi Fountain. This is so we will return to Rome…
There was a man in a shop across from the fountain, and as the fountain was being built he complained about how he did not like it. So the builders built a huge vase so it blocked the man’s view of the fountain.