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May 8th 2016

Published: May 8th 2016

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Missy

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OK so along the way I have forgotten to mention some good stories so will do my little catch up in this blog post. First story: So while we were admiring the beautiful artwork in the Sistine Chapel, Blair attempted to abduct a child...... Well not really but a little Indian kid thought Blair was his father for 30 seconds and grabbed onto his arm until blair got his attention, to which the child got a complete shock and ran away. What made it more funny was that Blair told us the story by using a bit of charades because we were still in the Sistine Chapel where you can't speak so we ended up silently laughing and had to leave! Second story: one of the cathedrals we went into wasn't completely finished because the people ran out of money, so the roof has a dome painted on.... You don't realise it is fake unless someone tells you and you stand directly under it, it was hard to believe it was a flat roof and not a real dome!

Anyway back to today, we had a great day today. We got to see inside the Colosseum and got a tour

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around the Roman Forum. The Colosseum is gigantic, it could fit about 250,000 people and could fill the place up in about 15 minutes. It was completed in 80 AD and only took 10 years to build! It's amazing to see in real life and you feel so small walking around it. It's so big it barely fit in our photos we took! After walking around the Colosseum we went to the Roman forum where we got to see where Julius Caesar was cremated and walked down the same streets many emperors did. They had to excavate over 8 feet of dirt and dust to dig up and find what's left of the Roman Forum. After that we said goodbye to our tour guide and driver and then had some lunch. We had some free time so Jacquie and I did some shopping and walking around some of the old beautiful streets while the boys went for a walk to the river and back. We are all pretty exhausted now so we're having a bit of a break then heading out for dinner for our last night in Rome and then getting our last glimpse of the Colosseum at night.