When in ROME....

Banana: ( Rome, Italy)

Hey guys sooo our first day in Rome we arrived late at 11:30pm, and as soon as we got off the train it was amazing. Not scared here at all and people we soooo friendly besides the few men who make kissing sounds at us and say Bella, Bella... lol So we found our hostel after getting alittle lost but we made it.. It is a great hostel named Freedom travellers, on arrivial we got free beers and not only that we also had a free bottle of wine waiting for us in our room lol...( needless to say Shan and I were very HAPPY)

So on our first full day here we were suppose to meet up with two of our girl friends from BC and we never found them. So we ventured to theColosseum for our first tour. As we were in line up with our tour guide we stummbled upon the girls... What are the odds of running into them at a place where their were over 1000 people their at a time... So we chatted for a few mins and decided to meet for dinner at around 6pm...

So shan and I started our tour with this amazing little italian lady named Danny, at the time the Colosseum being used the emperor Nero was in charge of the most gruteste fights in Italy. He was a sick man who took pride in killing people and tourturing them with slow deaths. At times some Glatiators would be unlucky and have to try and fight off 3 animals at a time, where some men were "lucky" and only had to fight 1 animal at a time. If the men were still alive after a battle but hurt the governors would decide whether or not they shall live with Nero's final decison. If they were to die they would die a painful and brutal death. Nero would also kill criminals and christians in the Colosseum, in front of spectators for his own pleasures. On days where he felt threatened by other religious people meaning Christians he would brutally kill them in front of his spectators, especailly when he felt threated by another religion. Nero was a very sick and twisted man. Also in the Colosseum they had hidden rooms where aparently women who wore a yellow dress was a free woman for all, Nero had a private chamber for himself and guest where many orgys would take place during the battles and breaks. Also the Colosseum was only used for fights for a handful of years.

After the Colosseum we when to Palantine Hill which is where Nero had his home, most of his home was made of marble that was imported from Egypt, Greece and South Africa. Nero at one time had over 4000 slaves at one time and would do as he pleased with them, from brutally killing them in front of guestes, to making them entertain them. He would sell slaves with his guests, once he was bored with them or did not need them any longer. After when Nero was out of power and well after he took his life, because the people started to go against him as he was about to bankrupt Rome. Another Emperor and his son took over and were well liked by the people. Many years later when the preist were starting to build St. Peters Church instead of going 30kms for the marble they wanted to bulid the church, they stole it form Palantine hill, Michealangelo begged the preist not to destroy the history of Neros home, even if it was not from a well liked man... Michealangelo cried on many occasions as he watched it being destroyed.

After Palatine hill we went to the Roman Forum, this is where all the political events would take place and the courts were held. This is also the place where Cearser Julias was buried and we stummbled upon his grave site that was amazing to see. After walking around for almost 9hours we decided to venture back and get ready to meet the girls...

So our first dinner in Italy was not the most amazing experience... the food was really good but our waiter was a asshole. We have come to notice that alot of Europeans do not like foreingers do not like us travellers lol... but all in all we had an amazing dinner with great wine... I love the wine in Italy its amazing here... Rome has been a really great experience for us and we are not ready to leave yet...

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