2018 – Review – Year of Fantastic Travel Yup, I’m starting 2019 in this little country that sits on the continental border of Europe and Asia and is surrounded by Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Black Sea! After Michael and I’s Christmas Mediterranean cruise, I had three days to blog about our adventures and be…
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Rome, Italy – Christmas Day – Roman Forum and Arch of Septimius Severus
These two ancient ruins were really cool – because one , for centuries, was the centre of daily life in Rome, the other – the Arch of Septimius Severus – has such a cool name! Not sure if the actual emperor himself was cool – but his name sure was!!! We walked from the Piazza…
Rome, Italy – Christmas Day – Sights On Our Walk Back to the Colosseum, Our Pick Up Location
It was time to start our walk back to our pick up spot near the Colosseum. We crossed back over the River Tiber on the Ponte Sant’Angelo bridge located in front of the Castel Sant’Angelo! The bridge has 10 angel statues along it. The angel in the below pictures is the Angel With the Lance…
Rome, Italy – Christmas Day – Sights On Our Walk To Vatican City
On our walk away from the Colosseum we saw many different sights! Ancient Ruins along a walkway…. Here is the Santa Francesca Romana Church: Video of a small part of the mass within the church: As we start our walk along Via dei Fori Imperiali, a road in the centre of the city that runs…
Rome, Italy – Christmas Day – The Colosseum
Michael and I booked a Rome on Your Own tour from the ship. A bus brought us into the city centre, basically at the front door of the Colosseum! Arriving at 10:45am, we exited the bus and could wander around Rome at our leisure with a return time to the drop off point of 4:30pm. Here…