Following breakfast in the hotel - we talked with hotel staff about booking various tours. After learning that the Colosseum would have a marathon running around it on Sunday - when we planned to tour it - we changed gears and inquired about a tour for today. Two hours later - Alessandro, an archeologist, met us at our hotel to begin a private tour.
Having a private guide allowed us to bypass all the lineups at the Colosseum to see this magnificent arena.
And because it was raining in Rome today, our guide advised us that there were not any crowds! I still thought there were a lot of tourists - so wouldn’t want to visit it on a crowded day!
We then opted to look at Paladine Hill from below and carried on to tour the Forum.
Our guide showing us architecturally accurate drawings of structures that were there centuries ago!
LC and I sporting our five euro rain ponchos inside the grounds of the Forum.
After our tour, we grabbed a bite to eat then returned to the hotel. Today we transferred to a two bedroom apartment in the Ostienca area - considerably more affordable, but not quite as central as our Hotel on Via Nationale.
Cousin Hazel and her son Mario joined us at our hotel and helped us relocate to our new location. We would have struggled with finding the address and undoing the locks were it not for Mario!
The others enjoyed a glass of wine before heading out to a nearby cafe for an early supper at 6:30 pm! That allowed us to return home by 8 pm to get organized in the new apartment. We would be reorganizing our bags to take one shared carryon to Venice tomorrow.
Our taxi to the train station will arrive at 6 am so we can get to the train station for our 6:50 am departure!!
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