one of the highlights of our trip was going to this museum. i found it on trip advisor, just a few weeks before our trip i decided to actually look up attractions, it was number one! check out the website, it is a ruin that was found underneath a federal building that was excavated out. they built glass floors over the top of the house, some places you walk over the inside and also the roof in some places. then they put together a slide show, movie type thing that walks you through the place highlighting certain areas. there are all kinds of special effects and neat modern technology along with the archeological information. near the end they show a movie about trajans column which explains the entire story written around from bottom to top. it feels like the best pbs show you've ever seen and at the conclusion you are sent down a long hall that opens up on to the REAL trajan's column! it is so unexpected too. the premise is that the unearthed house is at the level of the column and was most likely built during that time (other columns have been found during the excavation too). it leaves you with the excitement the archeologist are feeling with this remarkable discovery.
another place we stumbled on (after passing it several times on the hop on and off bus) was the castel sant angelo
(the girls had their orthodontist's t shirts on for a photo contest they participated in)
this is the view from our rome hotel, i loved listening to the swallows as they swooshed in circles around this open area. ciao!
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