The great city of Rome

I had to say goodbye to the wonderful Manucci famiglia this morning and set off for Rome to meet up with Rick. It was so nice to stay at the Manucci's family and spend time with them. I must say I had my best nights sleep so far on this trip at their house. The meals they made me were great and they fed me many different types of cheeses and treats. It's so fun to try new things in new places.

Waiting at the train station I ran into another American solo traveler. It was so nice to talk with someone having the same difficulties with the language and finding out how to work the train system. I found my train to Rome and was lucky enough to have my own compartment to myself for the 4 hour train ride. I used the time to plan what to do in Rome and where to stay.

I headed for the colloseum after I found my room and it is amazing. I imagined what it must have been like in the glory days of Rome with 50,000 people in the stadium. It is so impressive what Roman engineers could achieve back then and made me wonder where we would be today if Rome hadn't fallen. Well I'm supposed to meet up with Rick now and better get off. Enjoy the pics of the colloseum.

Roma