The Colosseum, San Clemente Church, San Pietro in Vincoli

We had a fantastic 5 course dinner last night with the group.  Most memorable were fried cheese/rice balls, a vegetable plate (for the vegetarians), rigatoni (Hannah we will try this preparation at home), fresh potato chips, and a custard lemon cake.  Today we continued to make progress with Ricardo's intensive Rome tour, and I think I have some more freckles.

Drinking Ace (achae) and eating carrots.  Closest I've come to training (Grace Ann), although maybe living on the 8th floor and walking a lot counts for something.

The Colosseum!

Where the emperor sat is now marked with a cross, although apparently Christians weren't actually forced to become gladiators.

The exterior of San Clemente. We couldn't photograph the inside, but there are beautiful mosaics and frescoes. The top floor was built only (...) in the 15th century, and we were able to go into the church it was built on top of (11th century) and then below house that was built on top of (2nd century).

Organ in the San Pietro in Vincoli (means St Peter in chains).

Moses by Michelangelo

Pizza for lunch!