I'll keep my comments short because it appears Carlyn wrote a small novel for y'all to finish. Carlyn assigned me only two topics for this post: The Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica and the Colloseum.
1.) The Basilica is right next to our hostel and is perhaps the second coolest church we've seen on this trip so far. Highlights included the tomb of Pope Pius V and the final resting place of Benini. Furthermore, we saw the Bourghese family chapel within the Basilica, very ornate and surrounded by about 20 Pontiff statues. Underneath the main alter is the supposed crib of Jesus Christ. yeah...double take on that one. I learned about this in my last Catholicism class, pretty cool stuff. it was closed off when we got there, but we might go back and check it out tomorrow. Directly in front of the crib is a 10 foot tall statue of Pope Pius X, praying...unfortunately, i think it detracts a bit from the aura.
2.) THE COLLOSEUM of ROME! Perhaps my favorite sight on this trip thus far! Gotta hand it to the Romans, they sure know how to slaughter their citizens with style and class. its everything that you would imagine. After seeing The Gladiator, the whole stadium really comes to life. I spent the entire tour doing Russel Crow impersonations. Haha...Carlyn has never seen the movie and just thought I was making the whole thing up off the top of my head! "What a weirdo!" she would say...but I pose it to all of you...could you have resisted the temptation to act out Maximus' final days if you were in my shoes? I think not...my brother should be nodding right now. We will post pics soon! I'll leave it at that!
- maximus, maximus, maximus!
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