Sleeping in was definitely in order after so many hours of walking yesterday. Using Zia Maxine's arrival as an excuse for a low key morning, Alison and I skipped the hotel breakfast of bread and jam and hit one of the local bars before returning to the hotel to change into a triple room. Moving into the triple was a major upgrade as for a few extra euro we moved from the half-way house to an Ikea showroom.
Maxine arrived around noon and we made our way down to the Coliseum to explore the site of vicious beauty. After making our way through the site we stopped for a quick lunch at a nearby pizzeria followed by some shopping in a Roman grocery store. Recharged and refreshed, we made our way to the Forum, arriving there at 3:35...only to be informed that the site was taking on the November schedule and closed at 3:30. We walked a bit of the perimeter to see some of the deep sunken ruins (deep compared to street level today) before heading off to our gelateria place to show Maxine the true treasure of Rome.
We shopped off the calories from the gelato as we headed back to the hotel. After an hour of rest and foot raising, we were off to meet Alison's mother and brother to celebrate the Raphaels last night in Rome. Dinner was in the embassy area off of Via Venito and was filled with the stories of the sites seen and adventures survived over the course of the past week.
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