We greeted the morning again with an early walk through Rome. A little more cloudy this morning. We walked around until we found a playground near the Golden House of Nero. Thanks Nero your Ezra’s hero. Viena was so excited to find a playground. The playground is near the coliseum. They were having a Greenpeace event to Save the Arctic so lots of bicycles everywhere. we entered the Forum and saw the many many ruins. Incredible how strong the Romans built things 2000 years ago. The sky darkened and rain fell. We were soaked by the time we exited and made our way to the farmer’s market. Cheese, bread, honey, and fruits. Viena loved trying to shoe splash me with the many puddles were passed on our walk. A nice rain.
We greeted the morning again with an early walk through Rome. A little more cloudy this morning. We walked around until we found a playground near the Golden House of Nero. Thanks Nero your Ezra’s hero. Viena was so excited to find a playground. The playground is near the coliseum. They were having a Greenpeace event to Save the Arctic so lots of bicycles everywhere. we entered the Forum and saw the many many ruins. Incredible how strong the Romans built things 2000 years ago. The sky darkened and rain fell. We were soaked by the time we exited and made our way to the farmer’s market. Cheese, bread, honey, and fruits. Viena loved trying to shoe splash me with the many puddles were passed on our walk. A nice rain. Yesterday we survived the Colosseum. Today we survived the Forum and Palatine Hill. When you buy a ticket into the Colosseum, entrance into the Forum is included and you have two days on the ticket. So one day you can visit the Colosseum and the following day you can go visit the Forum. Glad for this, because we were really tired yesterday evening after our colossal day. Today the weather was a bit cloudy. We found the playground near the Colosseum on Nero’s Golden Home or Oppia Hill. Ezra and Viena were super excited to see a playground. Unfortunately, some of the guys still asleep in the park were not so excited. Rome’s climate allows for easy sleeping on park benches and beneath trees. By the time we walked around the Colosseum the tourists were out in force. You have to see it to believe it. So many tourists. They even had a GreenPeace organized bike ride to SAVE the Arctic. This was the weekend. What was interesting was the actual lack of paid park personnel that are around. You see guides, but not like a museum or National Park Ranger. We were almost finished walking through the Forum on our way to Palatine Hill when the rains started. No umbrellas. No poncho. No problem. Oh well. The rains actually felt pretty good. We were soaked when we arrived at the museum for shelter. We tried waiting out the weather at the museum, but the rains just seemed to rain harder when we ventured out again. Ezra’s energy was fading. Viena was going strong. Not quite sure what their favorite part of the forum was. They trying to find a statue that looked like me but could not. The rains continued to fall as we made our way to the farmers Market. Glad we stumbled upon this place yesterday. At home we made a nice Italian pasta meal and I even took a nap. Another time I shall mention the Roman Dreams I have been having. In the evening I tried to find the playground in front of St Cecilia Basilica next door, but all we found was a beautiful wedding taking place. I think a lot of people are married in Rome. This is our honeymoon of honeymoons. Amazing to see a wedding in one of these big churches.
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