AAR CSS: Day 26

Pantheon:

Seth & Susann looking at the Pantheon (before they saw us coming to meet them):

Looking up through the oculus:

Out through the porch:

Facade of the Hadrianeum in the Piazza di Pietra (now the Chamber of Commerce):

Column of Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus Pius):

Outside Gelateria del Teatro:

Piazza Navona (formerly the Stadium of Domitian):

The Capitoline Museums:

Dinner: Caserecce al tonno | Parmigiana di melanzane, insalatina mista | Gelato

AAR CSS: Day 25

Tivoli

Hadrian's Villa:

Temple of Albanea(?) (not of Vesta, at any rate), Tivoli, 1st c. BC:

Villa d'Este:

Dinner: Pennette porcini e melanzane | Salsicce di maiale con patate arrosto | Torta di zucca

AAR CSS: Day 24

In the morning, we did Trajan's Forum and Markets:

And in the afternoon we got to climb an ancient landfill called Monte Testaccio, as big as any of the seven (plus) natural hills of Rome but composed entirely of broken amphorae (and bits of modern glass bottles, some medieval ruins, and a child's shoe, inter alia):

Dinner: Insalata di riso | Petto di tacchino all'ananas, zucchine al pomodoro | Bignè con crema e panna

AAR CSS: Day 23

Imperial Fora Death March

Forum of Caesar (got in this time):

Forum of Augustus:

Footprint of colossal statue (with hand for scale):

Forum Transitorium (Forum of Nerva):

Palatine Hill:

Apparently there was a party at the Colosseum...

So we went:

Up next: Trajan's Forum (just when we thought we'd hit them all...)

Dinner: Spaghetti cacio e pepe | Fettine alla pizzaiola, finocchi gratinati | Pannacotta al cioccolato

AAR CSS: Part 1

If you haven't read the first half of this blog, you might be a little confused. See romanachilles.blogspot.com for previous entries.