It's one thing to study and read about Ancient Rome. It's another thing to marvel at its glory. To basque in the shade of the Colosseum. To see the gigantic forum where life was bustling at its prime. Rome truly is a city that still has much to discover.

The Colloseum was amzing. It's hard to describe just how awe-inspiring it actually was, but to try and understand that this was the centre of Roman entertainment, is really a hard concept to understand. We had a great tour guide, Eros, and he really knew his stuff, and his passion of Ancient Rome really came across in the way that he presented the History of the Colosseum.

Rome according to him, and his accompanying tour guide-ess, Adrien, is a city then when you walk around, you have to use your imagination. Although these may now be silent, stagnant ruins, 2000 years ago, people walked among and through them. Ancient Rome was their present Rome, and that truly is a hard idea to accept.

They lived under the shadows of monuments, and how were they to know how truly magnificent these things would seem to the future travellers. Even with modern rulers, the hill top palace of Mussolini was a great sight to see. To understand the power that eminated through the Palpatine Hills, and slightly, scarily understand why he himself wanted that power and stature. The Cremated remains of Gais Julius Ceasar, it really was amazing. The nature of statues being torn down, the fact that Rome was the first city to implement mass recycling, arcs made from other arcs. The Vatican, an amalgamation of everything that was glorious in Ancient Rome. The Vatican itself, well that was another story.

After going to a Catholic School it truly was interesting to see the place that Catholics held in high esteem. The square of St Peter's Basilica, the Popes Chapel, the 550 stairs climb to the top of the tower, where the view of Rome was incredible. The atmosphere in the tomb of Pope John Paul II. The Vatican has a life and legend of it's own, and it really was amazing to be able to see it. We just missed the popes address, but luckily we got our own feeling of the Vatican.

There is not enough words to put across the incredible nature of Rome. Hopefully, I'll explain it to you.