Giorno ottanta

...began with our travel out of Rome and into amazing Città del Vaticano! (The Vatican, of course)

Vatican City, the residence of the Pope, is technically the smallest country in the world, only .9 km. It has 9 miles worth of museums. So we had to pick and choose.
real person, real old. There were thousands of beautiful, ancient statues and paintings.Taking a sneaky picture in the Sistine Chapel. After leaving Vatican City, we went to the Forum and Paletine Hill to see the ancient ruins.

Thousands of years ago, the Forum was the center of Roman public life. All of the the temples and government buildings were built here many years B.C.

People have lived on Paletine Hill since 1000 B.C. Of course nobody lives among these ruins now, but this is the site where emporers, including Augustus and Domitian, ruled from and lived. It is even where Augustus built the Temple of Apollo.We could overlook the entire magnificent city of Rome.Then to make Taylor super happy, we went to Circus Maximus, which was the largest racing stadium for chariots in ancient Rome. We decided to have a little race of our own.

Later tonight, we walked to Campo de Fiori and Piazza Navona and found a wonderful place to eat some handmade authentic pasta.After more gelatto, we finished off the night with wishes in Fontana de Trevi!! And if you do this, it ensures you a return trip, which is nice, because I'm already excited to come back.

It was the most meravigliosa day in Italy...

ci vediamo domani,

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