It's already around 1130 and we rushed off to see the Trevi Fountain. It's the famous fountain where you throw coins and make a wish. Ganito raw: you hold the coin in your right hand, then throw it over your left shoulder. Pag gusto mong mag-asawa, 2 coins. Pag naman gusto mong makipaghiwalay, 1 coin. Nagjo-joke yung mga kasama namin na mga single na limang coins daw ang ihahagis nila! Hahaha.
Trevi FountainAfter some pictures, we had a good lunch of pizza and gelati. Sarap!
We walked a good distance again to see The Pantheon. It's a huge temple with really tall columns, and ancient writings. It's lucky to have survived any disaster, war destruction, etc. It's a dome with only one whole on top--the only light source for the whole structure. The light from the hole, cast into the dome walls, moves around everyday. It is precisely in the same spot as the hole every August 15. Dito yata binase and Julian Calendar. Also, Rafael's tomb is inside the Pantheon. O di ba! Sosyal!
The Pantheon
The PantheonAfter The Pantheon, we went to see Piazza Navonna. Sayang kasi nire-reconstruct and main fountain kaya may harang na tarps and scaffoldings. Mabilis lang kami dito kasi wala naman masyadong nangyayari.
We rode the bus again for our final destination--The Colosseum!
O wow! It's really a dominating structure! Imagine, to build something like that in those days! With all the videos about the Colosseum--Gladiator, Rome of HBO--it's like living in a movie! Feel na feel mo ang history!
The Colosseum
Yun palang word na arena is derived from the word "rena" meaning sand. Kasi once nagpatayan na yung mga tao and animals doon, they needed something to cover and absorb the blood immediately. They didn't have time to wash it, at super baho. So, they used sand! And yun na ang naging pangalan--arena!
Yung arena mismo, wala na yung flat surface. Nakikita na yung mga compartments sa ilalim where they house the animals and the gladiators. Our guide said that it took so much money holding games--with all the exotic animals they had to import from different countries, etc!
Hay.. Roma! I guess that's really the feeling you get in Rome--everything is ancient. You can't help imagining the people of those times roaming around, walking the same streets, building the structures--standing in the exact places where you're currently standing. I kept on touching the stones, the walls, para I get a feeling of history that I can take with me.
For dinner, we went out again to a restaurant where there's a soprano and a tenor to serenade us. Maypagka-Tito-Vic-and-Joey lang ang pair na ito. Mas focused sila sa pagpapatawa kaysa sa pangkanta. Meron pa silang style na kunwari aakitin nung girl yung mga lalaki tapos papagalitan sya ng guy, tapos hahabulin sya ng kawali--all while singing in their operatic voices! Meron ding mga musical instruments na pinapa-play sa mga visitors, nakakatawa pero chaos talaga. Hahaha! AND! At the last moment---nagbenta sila ng CD! Arruy!
Arrivederci Roma!
We rode the bus again for our final destination--The Colosseum!
O wow! It's really a dominating structure! Imagine, to build something like that in those days! With all the videos about the Colosseum--Gladiator, Rome of HBO--it's like living in a movie! Feel na feel mo ang history!
The ColosseumYung arena mismo, wala na yung flat surface. Nakikita na yung mga compartments sa ilalim where they house the animals and the gladiators. Our guide said that it took so much money holding games--with all the exotic animals they had to import from different countries, etc!
Hay.. Roma! I guess that's really the feeling you get in Rome--everything is ancient. You can't help imagining the people of those times roaming around, walking the same streets, building the structures--standing in the exact places where you're currently standing. I kept on touching the stones, the walls, para I get a feeling of history that I can take with me.
For dinner, we went out again to a restaurant where there's a soprano and a tenor to serenade us. Maypagka-Tito-Vic-and-Joey lang ang pair na ito. Mas focused sila sa pagpapatawa kaysa sa pangkanta. Meron pa silang style na kunwari aakitin nung girl yung mga lalaki tapos papagalitan sya ng guy, tapos hahabulin sya ng kawali--all while singing in their operatic voices! Meron ding mga musical instruments na pinapa-play sa mga visitors, nakakatawa pero chaos talaga. Hahaha! AND! At the last moment---nagbenta sila ng CD! Arruy!
Arrivederci Roma!
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