Ancient Rome

Rode the Metra again this morning to visit astonishingly ancient sights. As we walked out of the modern subway into the warm Roman sunshine, our eyes feasted upon a breathtaking view of the Colloseum - a building from 90 A.D. during the heyday of the Roman Empire!

Our five-minute Metra ride transported us back 2,000 years to the times of gladiators and chariots and Julius Caesar, and we walked on the same stones that he walked on 2,000 years ago.

We ate pizza and had wine (yes, for lunch!) on a piazza with a view of the Pantheon.

What an incomparable city!

I'm going back to Chicago tomorrow. Diana heads to southern Italy.

Arrivederci, Roma!