Day 15-Coliseum

Today we went to the Coliseum and were given a walking tour with a guide. It was quite amazing. To see that this stadium was built to hold so many people and most of the levels still exist is crazy. Before we go into the Coliseum, there were men in trojan outfits so ashley and her girl friends decided to take a picture and after the picture the trojan wanted 5 euros for every person in the picture. It was a total ripoff. The photo looks good though but the price was not right. We finished up with pictures and began our walking tour of the Coliseum. The inside was so cool and the view from some of the balconies was beautiful. Once we finished the Coliseum, we explored the Roman Ruins and saw where Julius Caesar was buried too. It was very cool to but walking in the heart of ancient Rome. At this point it was very hot outside and ashley and I were getting tired. We finished tour and then continued to explore and shop around Rome. We hit all the major tourist places again and also grabbed a bite to eat for lunch in a little family run restaurant. It was nice and then we just took the train back to the hotel to get ready to see this area called Traverse. It was really nice at night and there were restaurants by the water and not a very touristy spot as well. We walked down to the water and were able to walk around and it was like a carnival down there. There were 7 of us who went and we decided to eat dinner by the water and then head into Campo de Fiori where everyone from our group was. Dinner was very good we just had pizza but we eat pizza almost everyday and then walked about 7 blocks to all the bars and other restaurants. We decided to get one drink and just people watch on this fountain. It was a very calm night and after relaxing after dinner we just caught a cab back home and went to bed for the night.