Europe Day 13 - Ancient Rome

On Wednesday we walked a couple minutes to the Metro station and took the subway to the Colosseum. There were many men milling about selling “selfie” sticks and other trinkets. We walked up towards the Palatine Hill and bought a ticket to the Forum and the Colosseum, then walked through the ruins of the old Roman Forum and those on the Palatine Hill, and enjoyed the views of Rome.  

After a couple of hours, we headed to the Colosseum and walked around in it.  

From there we headed up the street parallel to the Forum to the north side of the Capitoline Hill, and ate lunch near the Piazza Venezia and the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, who united Italy in the 19th century.

From there we walked to the Trevi fountain. We were disappointed to find it was drained and covered in scaffolding. We walked to the Piazza Barberini, and took the metro to the Piazza Spagna, to see the Spanish Steps.  

There were lots of people there. We walked around a bit to look at the shops on the streets near the Piazza, then headed back to our hotel.