The last of our tours with Jerry was the Ancient Rome tour, which included the Roman Forum and Colosseum. The tour was first thing in the morning, so after breakfast the 4 of us walked down to the Colosseum (20 minutes from the hotel) for the meeting point, in the rain of course. It was looking to be a pretty dreary day for a tour, but luckily once we actually got into the Forum to start the tour, it stopped raining for us. There is not much left intact from the Forum, so it is generally recommended to have a guide, or guidebook or something like it. The Forum was the central area of ancient Roman life. It contained the major temples to various gods, the inital royal residency, and was the centre of government, most
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