DAY 1 - ANCIENT ROME UP AT 6AM AND OFF TO ROME AT 8AM. 25 MINUTES ON THE TRAIN AND WE SEEMED TO HAVE TIME TRAVELED BACK TO THE 8TH CENTURY BC. THE SOPHISTICATION AND ORAGANIZATION OF THE CITY WAS TRULY AMAZING I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE IMPROVED MUCH! RICK2 HAD A FABULOUS NEW CAMERA FOR GRADUATION AND DELIGHTED IN CAPTURING THE SIGHTS. IT WAS THE FESTIVAL OF CHAMPIONS (BARCELONA VS MANCHESTER) FOR THE EUROPEAN CUP IN SOCCER. THAT DEFINITELY ADDED A MODERN FLAVOR TO OUR VISIT. EVERYONE WAS DRESSED IN THEIR OWN FUTBOL TEAM'S COLORS AND CHANTING AND SINGING ON THE SUBWAY AND STREETS WERE COMMONPLACE. THERE WERE A FEW ARRESTS BUT NOTHING TOO UGLY! WE VIEWED THE COLLOSEUM, TRAJAN'S MARKET, THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, THE BASLICA OF CONSTANTINE AND MAXENTIUS,AND THE FORUM OF
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