we have spent two lazy days in rome now, and its been very nice. lisa decided that we had not slept in in a while so we went for it yesterday, all out. we got up at 2, grabbed some pizza and took the metro and a city bus to the appian way, an ancient roman empire road south of rome. it is outside of the city walls, and there are catacombs all along it, so we went on a tour of the san sebastiano catacombs - 7 miles of undergound tunnels! we didnt se them all. some emperor built a church on top of the tombs, and there is still a church there with the relics of saint sebastian inside! wow! for those of you who may have forgotten, saint sebastian is the protector against plague and pestilance. he was a martyr for the churcn at the end of the 3rd century, and he survived a barrage of arrows from a firing squad while tied to a tree!
the tombs closed at 5 and we went for a nice leisurely walk down the old road until we had had enough and turned around. there are ruins everywhere! we caught a bus back to town and had a very slow but nice dinner on a sidewalk patio.
today we were awoken (lisa says its woken) by construction in our hotel. boo! it was like 8 in the morning and that was not fun. anyways, we finally dragged ourselves up and went on a walk around rome to see some of the great monuments and squares and fountains, and the pantheon. it is nice! and lisa bought a beautiful dress today, so that was exciting too!
we are going to go on a pub crawl tonight, so hopefully we can find our way home afterwards! this is probably my last post from europe, woah!
see you on the other side! (of the atlantic)
simon
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