After getting into my room at about 4.30am, and an hour of sleep later, I traipsed down to the lobby hoping for an update on what was going to happen to us. They informed us that London airspace was still closed and they were exploring options as to how to get us to London. In the meantime, they told us it was ok for us to take the courtesy bus into town as long as we left our contact details with them in case something came up. So, off I went to Rome with some new friends!
First stop: The Colosseum!
But before getting there, we made a few wrong turns and ended up here ... River Tivere ... beautiful!
Then we bumped into this group of stylish Italian girls who happened to be heading towards the Colosseum and pointed us in the right direction ...
We were all fascinated by the trees in Rome ... don't they look like giant bonsais?
My new friends and I (aka "The Volcano Girls"!) decided to take a tour for EUR15 - here, I need to give a shout out to G who so very kindly paid for all of us first as the rest of us weren't carrying any EUR, afterall, we had been expecting to land in London. She also bought me a bottle of water, which I still owe her for!
But back to our colosseum tour ... Included was a photo-taking session with these centurions!
Most of the pics were like these ...
Except for mine!
(This was just too hilarious not to post!)
Inside the colosseum ...
Part of the floor of the colosseum has been restored to give ppl an idea of what it looked like in the heyday ... with a wooden floor and sawdust scattered over it.
According to the guide, the most important ppl sat lower where the floor was made of marble, while the poorer ppl had to stand/sit higher up, where the "stands" were made of wood, which was really dangerous in the event of fire.
The emperor of Rome would sit where the cross is ...
And the gladiator would come out from this giant arch ...
View of the ruins opposite the colosseum ...
Specimens of the marble that was used on the lower part of the colosseum ...
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