More Roman Stuff

The goal today was to visit the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.  Unfortunately, we got distracted on the way.  We found the Victor Emmanuel II monument.  History Moment:  Victor Emmanuel II (was King of Sardinia until 1861, when he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century.  We didn’t know who he was but really built himself a fine, fine monument.  There is a statue of him on a horse where his mustache is 5 feet long and it is a really big building.

The group got turned around and wondered aimlessly looking for the Forum.  We thought a couple of times that we had found it but instead it was just some other Roman ruins on the street  with art stuff (Did I mention that 2 of the group started feeling poorly with colds / sore throats?  We made the third visit  to a Pharmacy during our outing.  (Debbie says that it is difficult to be seen with a group that is coughing and sneezing its way across Rome.  We think that contributed to our disorientation).

Eventually, they found their way to the Roman Forum.  History Moment:  The Roman Forum is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.  We were in a found state for awhile.  We found the forum, the temple of the Vestal Virgins, Caesar’s house and others.

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We continued our “lost in Rome” extravaganza with circling back to Victor Emmanual II and riding several bus lines.  Eventually, we made it home and the sick ones retreated to their rooms.