After the Vatican, we went to the Colosseum to see the venue where the gladiators would fight against each other and/or wild beasts even till death for the entertainment of the spectators. *Wouldn't want to be entertained this way!*
Being more than 1900 years old, the whole structure was actually quite badly ruined. This piece of external wall pointed out to us by our guide was the most well-preserved piece of wall with its entrance number LII in roman numerals still visible.
Inside the Colosseum, it actually looked quite pathetic and much imagination was needed to truly understand how magnificent it must had been in those ancient times. It was said that it could have accomodated more than 50,000 people! *Wow!* Did they have binoculars then? If not, how could the poor spectators on the most upper floor possibly see?
Site of an ancient shopping center now in ruins...
After the visit to the Colosseum, hubby and I left the tour group and went roaming around Rome by ourselves. We had several objectives, first we needed to find the correct adaptor for our electronic gagets as the battery on our Sony digital camera was running out fast and the batteries on our game sets had already ran out the night before. The adaptor that we had brought didn't fit into the sockets of our hotel room. Then I was hoping to do some shopping at my favourite Italian boutiques such as Gucci and Prada. And hubby was determined to try out more delicious Italian foods.
Souvenir stalls like these were everywhere!
In the end, first objective couldn't be fulfilled in the city center because we couldn't find any electrical shop there. There were cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, Gelato shops, boutiques and theatres but there were just no household electrical shop. Then we found some of my favourite boutiques near the Spanish Steps but the prices weren't any cheaper than Hong Kong after the currency conversion, so I didn't buy anything. However, I must say food was still the best in Italy, even the take-away pizzas we had were delicious. Below are some of the foods we had in Rome. *Yummy*
The pizza and the pasta we had in Piazza Navona
The range of gloriously delicious Gelato~
Even this plain-looking spagetti was delicious and the tramisu was FANTASTIC!
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