Our plan for today - Metro to Piazza Rebublica to church of Santa Maria D'Angeli (beautiful). It had information about how Gallileo discovered that pendulums swung regularly and could be used to measure time. Then we walked to the Roman Forum, built as a place for markets and places of worship, Palentine Hill and the Coloseum which is the largest amphitheatre ever built in Rome. The word arena comes from the Latin for sand which was used on the floor.
We also went by lift to the top of the monument to Vittorio Emmanuele 2 - the first king of a unified Italy- with views over the whole of Rome.
What a HOT day it was. Amazing sites to see, the Colloseum held 50,000 people!
Back to the apartment for tea as we're all so tired.
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