Tales from Tuscany: When in Rome ... do as the Romans do.

"... and I hope that's how they do it!"

On the airplane, Ashlyn and I decided our first mission was to get gelato & pizza - in that order. I looked at her and said, "When in Rome ... do as the Romans do!" and her reply was "and I hope that's how they do it!" It soon became our catchphrase for the rest of our stay in Rome.

Sorry I forgot to post day 2 of Rome earlier but it completely slipped my mind once we got to La Pievuccia. We had another early morning (I'm starting to get used to these) and started off with the Colosseum. They still had a lot of the old artifacts that were there back in the day. It was just so neat being in a place where so much history happened. I also couldn't stop thinking about how it was built. It was constructed so well, is still standing is beautiful, and they didn't even have a fraction of the tools we have today .. crazy! We also got to see the forum, which was the old downtown. Some of the structures are still there, or at least pieces of them.

Right outside of the forum was the prison where Paul and Peter were held. This was one of my favorite parts of the day. We got to go down to the chamber where he stayed and see the storm drain where he was fed through. I got to touch walls that PAUL touched! It was really moving. Only about 7 of us went down there and we were all silent as we took it in. It's hard to believe that I was in the place where Paul wrote encouraging letters to people, like the Romans, while he was imprisoned. It was really encouraging and now I am more excited to go back and read through his letters.