A busy day

Today was a very busy day. We went through the same morning routine as the day before and soon nearly every day of the trip.We saw the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, the Roman Forum, the capital of Rome, and the real Trajan's column. The Colosseum was amazing, a gigantic structure made completely out of arches. The stands and floor had deteriorated away allowing us to see the tunnels where the gladiators and animals were kept.

Next was the Palatine Hill. It was where all of the emperors and some of the very wealthy lived. we could also see some of it from the Colosseum. We ate our lunches there, unfortunately the lunch that I bought for myself was much to small but I got very lucky when one of my classmates Shannon let me have hers.

After the Palatine Hill we went to the Roman Forum. The Roman Forum was basically the center of Rome and according to the Romans the center of the universe. They believed this because they were very superstitious and used birds to tell the future and other things. They let two birds go from different places and said that the place where they would meet was the center of the universe. They even put a plaque on a small building in the Roman Forum saying that it was the center of the universe. The Roman Forum is very big and contains many ancient buildings and temples.

Next we saw the capitol of Rome. there were two soldiers standing completely still at the top of the stairs. and there was also a gigantic statue of a guy on a horse on top of the capitol. If you walked directly underneath the front of the statue and looked up it would look like the horse was staring at you and was about to step on you.

Finally the last thing that we saw before going back o the convent was the original Trajan's column.