The Colosseum
The inside of the Colosseum
The Kitty wandering around inside the Colosseum. I wanted to bring him with us. My mom said no. I still think she was being unreasonable.
The funeral pyre where they cremated Julius CaesarThen we went and found food. I had pizza. And wine. They have wine with lunch here. And the drinking age is 16. This is awesome. Then we went back to the hotel and slept off some more jet lag.
On the way to pizza, I spotted this sign. Yes, there is a McDonald's at the Pantheon. I'm deeply saddened by this.
That night, we took another tour. It was a little more offbeat. The tour guide was very cute. He was also from California. He was a total California Stoner. It was like he was from Park City! And yes, this means that the 2 cutest guys I have met in Italy have been British and Californian. Go Figure. Highlights from that tour:
This is a statue of some monk named Bruno. He was like Galileo but better. He pissed off the church by preaching a heliocentric solar system ect. but also pissed them off (and greatly impressed me) but going around saying that a.) Mary wasn't a virgin and b.) Jesus was nothing but a really, really good illusionist. Then he refused to retract his statements so they burned him alive. Over the course of several hours. Slowly and painfully. Using his own books as kindling.
I think he's my new hero!
This is a door to a church owned by an order of monks that, if I remember correctly, was named something that translated to "the order of death." (Note the skulls) Basically, during the black plague, they performed the public service of giving a proper burial to anyone whose family couldn't afford it. But then they ran out of space to bury the dead people. So they turned them into furniture. A chandelier made out of vertebrae. A couch made out of femurs. Really.
On the way to pizza, I spotted this sign. Yes, there is a McDonald's at the Pantheon. I'm deeply saddened by this.That night, we took another tour. It was a little more offbeat. The tour guide was very cute. He was also from California. He was a total California Stoner. It was like he was from Park City! And yes, this means that the 2 cutest guys I have met in Italy have been British and Californian. Go Figure. Highlights from that tour:
This is a statue of some monk named Bruno. He was like Galileo but better. He pissed off the church by preaching a heliocentric solar system ect. but also pissed them off (and greatly impressed me) but going around saying that a.) Mary wasn't a virgin and b.) Jesus was nothing but a really, really good illusionist. Then he refused to retract his statements so they burned him alive. Over the course of several hours. Slowly and painfully. Using his own books as kindling.I think he's my new hero!
This is a door to a church owned by an order of monks that, if I remember correctly, was named something that translated to "the order of death." (Note the skulls) Basically, during the black plague, they performed the public service of giving a proper burial to anyone whose family couldn't afford it. But then they ran out of space to bury the dead people. So they turned them into furniture. A chandelier made out of vertebrae. A couch made out of femurs. Really.Then we went to the restaurant across from our hotel where we drank a shitload of wine. I wasn't hung over in the morning though. Apparently I got the no-hangover gene. Let's go get wasted!!
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