Rome

Yesterday we spent the morning at the Roman Forum. The walk to the Forum is absolutely incredible because as you walk up the stais it opens to this wonderful statue of Marcus Araleus (that is spelled wrong) and you walk into this magnificent compo. The compo is symmetric with huge building on either side and a fountain with an image of Rome in the center flanked by two river gods: the Nile and the Tiber. Then you walk behind one building past a garden and the Forum appears. The buildings are weather beaten ruins, but the buildings that are still standing are magnificent. The arches from the triumphs still stand and are massive, intricate things with pictues depicting war, feasting and the triumphs. They are also adorned with many little doodley-bobs, otherwise known as intricate designs.