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| Early morning view from our hotel room |
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| Wonderful bakery around the corner |
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| Too many choices! |
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| Why is this so perfect! |
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Campo de' Fiori, 5 minutes from Hotel Smeraldo
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| Our walking route to the Forum |
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| Forum View looking eastwards |
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| Capitoline Hill - Piazza del Campodoglio |
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| Now on the other side of Capitoline Hill, we see the Forum looking westwards from Via dei Fori Imperiali |
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| Arch of Septimius Severus, 203 AD |
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| Temple of Saturn, 497 BC |
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| How incongruous .. saffron Asian ascetics! |
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| Talk about a healthy snack stand! |
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| Our first glimpse of the Colosseum! |
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| The line up was long in time and people but crazy as it sounds, added to the experience ... |
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| And definitely worth the wait ... 80 AD / 2000 years old, stripped of all marble and parts, eroded yet still truly awe inspiring ... |
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| Wow, who knew! Some ancient Romans! |
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| Back to ... the Pantheon |
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| The Pantheon sits on the Piazza della Rotonda |
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| Piazza Colonna |
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| The marble Column of Marcus Aurelius has stood in Piazza Colonna since 193 CE |
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| Trevi Fountain, of course.... |
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| Packed with tourists, we didn't stay long and we didn't toss a coin in... |
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| Spanish Steps from the Via dei Condotti |
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| Fontana della Barcaccia (Fountain of the Old Boat) in the Piazza di Spagna at the base of the Spanish Steps, 1627 |
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| So many people, colourful people.. |
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| Heading up the 135 steps ... |
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| Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, 1585 |
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| Heading back down.... |
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| Our new carry-on canvas suitcase ... |
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| Back at the Hotel Smeraldo ... view out our bedroom window of the street below ... |
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| View of the trattoria ... |
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| Still our view ... straight across ... |
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| Heading out for our last supper ... crossing the Arno at dusk .... |
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| To Trastevere |
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| Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere |
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| 3rd level was/is University of Waterloo School of Architecture studio where someone we know spent 4 months in 1988... |
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| Had to have dinner at Sabatini's |
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| Acqua minerale frizzante |
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| Back across the Arno... bittersweet magic for a last night ... |
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| Gelato shop ... |
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| How is it possible to choose when there are so many delectable choices? |
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| Arrivederci Roma ... and a magical, amazing 12 days... |
