Denmark meant meeting up with my brother and his family, drinking blackcurrant mead (11%), and losing to the girls at Kubb (a Viking throwing game - so good I bought a version to play in England).
The trip to Italy would be best described as a flying tour of Rome, to see the sights .....
The Colosseum - which is awesome. Well worth buying your timed entry ticket rather than queuing in the August heat. The place in mind boggling .... I wonder how much of what we build now will be around in 2000 years and have the power to inspire.
We also took in the Palatine Hill (the location of the palaces of the emperors) and the forum (location of the temples ....). There was just too much to see ... only so many columns to look at before they all look the same). Among the pictures below are a temple towards the mouth of truth and Trajans forum.
Obviously a trip to Rome needs to take in the Trevi fountain and the Vatican - both amazing structures. We chose not to visit the Vatican museums due to the cost and time needed in line - perhaps another time (but being herded through the Cistene chapel with hundreds of others doesn't sound that appealing).
We also took in the Spainish Steps (which are steps - sorry they just didn't do it for me), the Pantheon - which did how the wow factor with its dome and Castel Sant'Angelo - or Hadrian's Mausoleum. If you visit Rome it is worth a trip here as you have panoramic views of the city and the other sights (as we did this as one of our last sites we were able to stand ticking off where we had been).
We were staying out of the city which was a pain in that we didn't see Rome at night - but we were only about a 19 minute walk from the park Aqua Claudia.
I have to say that the skill and engineering that went into this is more impressive than the Colosseum - a real wow!
Morts
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