3 Guys & 3 Girls. Rome Day3, Jan 22

Visited Rome Stadium in the morning. But unfortunately, it is close to the public when there are no matches. The stadiums in Italy are not like the stadiums in UK where it is open for tours and stuff. Anyways, we did took loads of pictures. hihi..







Rushed to Spagna (again.....for the last time) for a 11AM Vatican City tour. This last tour guide was really good. She explained everything in detail. So yeah, the tour was so much longer then the last 2 we had. But I liked the tour, it was very informative. The guide brought us to see the emperor's mausoleum, Sant Angelo Castle and something else which I can't remember what it was called, before bringing us to Vatican City.

Took loads of pictures.... as usual. I wanted to enter Sistein Chapel, because Michelangelo and other great Renaissance artists painted the ceiling of the chapel. But unfortunately, we had to rush to Palatine Hill. In winter the museums closes at 4PM. So only Ann went to enter Sistein Chapel, and the rest of us went to Palatine Hill.

Mausoleum of Hardian aka Sant Angelo Castle.
The Pope once used this castle as a fortress. Now it's a museum.

I never knew that Vatican City is actually a whole country by its own. And it was then that I learned that Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, ruled by the Popes.

The street leading to the Vatican at the end

When one stand on this round circle,

and looks directly to the pillars that surrounds the Square

This can be seen.

Notice that all the pillars are in line and you can only see one pillar in each row instead of 3? Amazing huh? This means that St. Peters Square is a perfect ellipse

Jumping again??

Hungry people after a long walk from Spagna.
Priceless faces hahaha!!

Palatine Hill is where the Emperor’s palace wass back in the ancient days. It was vast!!! I got so tired walking around the palace grounds, as well as the Roman Forum (something like today’s parliament house). I felt astonished as I roam around the palace. Only then I realized how amazing and powerful the Roman empire was.

Boy it was so windy at the top. And not to mention cold...!!

At the top of the hill, overlooking the Roman Forum and Colosseum in a distance

Beautiful isn't it? Imagine how magnificent it was in the ancient Rome when the palace walls were still covered with thick marbles. Now, only the inner walls remain standing and pieces of marble that once covered the whole palace scattred around the palace grounds.

This is the Roman Forum (part of it).
A government centre in ancient times

You can see some marble still stuck on the walls

This was probably a temple or some shrine

Went back to the apartment shortly afterwards. Urghhh.. my feet ached.
After some rest, the boys headed out again to the AS Roma store. We girls stayed in the apartment. My leg felt like it was gonna come off.
"Where to? AS Roma?? No thanks. I'll pass."