Saturday dawned rainy, causing our hotel woman to apologise profusely. Compared to Prague it was nothing, so we took jackets and got off the metro at the Colosseum. We queued and queued and queued until we reached the ticket desks, when all queues seemed to stop meaning anything and it was more of a free for all. There was a guy a bit ahead of us wearing what looked like a Roman toga, stripy dress affair. We wondered if he was working or dressing up for fun.
We got in and promptly couldn't find the way into the main arena. Eventually going through an exit we emerged into the rain. The tour group game was on again as we dodged and tried to overtake people en masse. For a while we couldn't figure out how to get upto the higher level of the arena, but after more walking and following confusing signs we found stairs. It seemed to be warmer and less rainy at the top so we walked around it thoroughly.
It had mostly stopped raining by then so we headed out of the shelter of the Colosseum and over to the Roman Forum and Palantine Hill. We walked all around the ruins and sat in the sun for a bit, listening in to English tour groups.
We ended our day by going to the Spanish Steps again to watch the world go by some more. Before going back to our hotel we got snacks of pizza and chips from a little takeaway.
Stride like the rooster!
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