The Mouth of Truth - we still have our hands so we must not have been telling lies!
Victor Emanuel Monument
Roman Forum
Where Nero's palace was
Colosseum
The ‘hotel’ – oh and did I fail to mention when we spoke to the new owner he has plans to develop it into a 2 star – yes that right it is currently a 1 star!!!! If only I knew. Anyway we did get breakfast at a local café as part of the price so that was nice. We went to the Colosseum first for 9am and decided to join a tour and good thing we did because they took us through on a 40 min tour, then we had 2 hours free time – Josh and I spent another hour in there then sat outside and ate the meant and cheese we had brought for lunch. Then we got taken on our second tour through The Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. Again this only lasted an hour so it was perfect for us, then we were left to wander through the rest ourselves. The tour was really good otherwise it feels as if you are looking at old blocks but our guide was a really good story teller and got us all imagining eating an imperial dinner with the emperor. After this Josh and I looked at the Arch of Constantine, the Palazzo Venezia and the Vittorio Emanuele Monument before deciding we needed to have an espresso so in true Italian style that is what we did mid-afternoon. We then carried on to see Capitoline Hill - we decided not to go into the museum, but did see the church Santa Maria. We then walked down to the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin and had our photo taken with ‘The Mouth of Truth’ – which bites you’re hand if you lie! After this we were – or really I should say I was feeling a little tired so we brought some more meat and cheese to head home and have a snack with a glass of wine. However, on our way home we came across quite a bad scooter accident – actually this was the third accident I had seen today! This time a pedestrian was bleeding on the road and a rider was lying in the road. Both looked as if they would be ok but what amazed me is that general public (although with suits on) started directing the traffic whilst a doctor (I think) must have driven by and stopped his car in the middle of the road and got out to help. Then police arrived and started directing the cars/busses past the victims and I mean about half a metre past their feet! After about 15 minutes the ambulance finally arrived! Although I do say with the crazy driving I am not surprised, unfortunately. After a rest we headed out for dinner.
