Pantheon and the Roman Forum

I met up with Rick and his family last night and had a great time catching up with them. It's a little strange to meet up with friends from Granger all the way over here in Rome. Rick, Tasha (his sis), and I all went out to dinner near the hotel and had a great time. Rick had to leave for Madrid this morning, poor guy, and I had to set out to find out where to stay for the next two nights. If you haven't caught on yet, I really don't have anything reserved for this trip more than a few days in advance. I lucked out though and found a spot for the night and when I came back to check in they had someone cancel and so I reserved it for another.

I wandered through many of the piazzas (town squares) today and saw the Pantheon and the Roman Forum. The Pantheon was all that I hoped. It is such an amazing dome structure and over 2000 years old. The Roman Forum was spectacular as well. This was the "main street" of Rome back in the days of the empire. Over the years it was gutted for the stone and marble but there are many ruins that still stand. It really is just great to stroll through and gawk at the columns and imagine the buildings that were once there and people with togas walking around.

I plan to go to the Holy See tomorrow and will get up early to make sure I don't have to wait in line. Saturday I plan to grab a train to Florence and it should be great. I added pictures to the Rome link so just click on the pic below in the last blog. Ciao.