Florence to Sorrento via Rome On the road to Rome we passed through Umbria’s rolling hills & terraced vineyards, with a few coacheokie tunes from some tour members who had shown up late to the coach! Once in Rome we explored the ‘Eternal City’, marvelling at the size and history of the Colosseum. Gladiators were once worshiped here as modern day sports stars by up to 55,000 spectators, and its hard to believe its still standing despite its foundations being laid around 70AD. We walked through the Roman Forum, Piazza Venezia, passed Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. We made a quick stop at the Capuchin Monks inside Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini. It holds the bones of 4,000 Capuchin monks that had been exhumed and collected between 1528 and 1870. Skulls, ribcages
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