Romans They Go The 'ouse?
...conjugate the verb 'to go'...
Oh those Romans, bless their little cotton socks, they knew how to build things to last... or they knew how to tell other people to build things...
A couple of days in Rome, seeing just how tall the Collosseum is, and just how perfect the Forum still is was quite amazing. Then we went up to Ravenna which was briefly the centre of the Roman empire, and where basilicas are still standing from the 5th century with increadible mosaics inside.
Even Nicholas had had, by Friday, enough pizza, so we took an overnight ferry across the Adriatic to Split in Croatia. Here, the sun shines with a brightness similar to Australia, and the streets are paved with marble.
Here, the town is still centred in a 4th century palace, built as a retirement home by Diocletian at the end of his reign, and used pretty much continuously ever since. You can go in the the substructure underneath and see the pillars which are still holding the whole thing up 1700 years later.
We're staying in a room in a house owned by Marija who sits us in her kitchen each morning and gives us tea and coffee while telling us stories about her family. This morning we dropped into a cafe and around one table a dozen men were singing Dalmatian folk songs in great barotone voices.
Oh those Romans, bless their little cotton socks, they knew how to build things to last... or they knew how to tell other people to build things...
A couple of days in Rome, seeing just how tall the Collosseum is, and just how perfect the Forum still is was quite amazing. Then we went up to Ravenna which was briefly the centre of the Roman empire, and where basilicas are still standing from the 5th century with increadible mosaics inside.
Even Nicholas had had, by Friday, enough pizza, so we took an overnight ferry across the Adriatic to Split in Croatia. Here, the sun shines with a brightness similar to Australia, and the streets are paved with marble.
Here, the town is still centred in a 4th century palace, built as a retirement home by Diocletian at the end of his reign, and used pretty much continuously ever since. You can go in the the substructure underneath and see the pillars which are still holding the whole thing up 1700 years later.
We're staying in a room in a house owned by Marija who sits us in her kitchen each morning and gives us tea and coffee while telling us stories about her family. This morning we dropped into a cafe and around one table a dozen men were singing Dalmatian folk songs in great barotone voices.
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