roma then homa
At last - 8 months and 6 days after returning from Italy, I'm finally getting around to posting my 12th and last post about our trip. (This is a stretch for me - I really am balking at this last post. Let's hope I get through it!) In reality, we didn't really do much of anything special in Rome. We were mainly tourists, enjoying tourist country. We saw the sights, we did the do's, and we didn't the don'ts. ;) On one of the days, we visited the Roman Forum, and saw all the remaining evidences of that once thriving city. Picture number 1 above shows the place where Julius Caesar was cremated. I found that slightly fascinating, but I mostly wished that I could hop over the little barrier and pick up all the little coins people had thrown on the site. ;) The lookout points were pretty fascinating (I know I already used that word. But I'll use it again just for good measure. ;) ), and really, this doesn't show the half of it! It was amazing to a