Today we went and saw the Pope.  On the way we got a great picture of the Vactican, although some idiot put a bloody great add for Hondas in  front of it.  Mind you Honda must have paid a lot for the opportunity.

The Pope gave us a wave, I think and blessed us.  Funny, 20,000 people had the same experience. I got picture of him at maximum zoom, just..  All jokes part it was amazing to be in St Peters Square on a Sunday to be blessed and to be a part of this experience and I am not a catholic.

We then went to the Circus Maximus where they killed Christians and had great chariot races. We saw the Planino where the emperors lived and hence the word Palace and then to the Coliseum. This was amazing…there is only the inner circle of building left standing as the outer four have been removed or destroyed. It is huge,  having five layers of seating high and three layers under ground.  The floor of the Coliseum was timber, covered in sand to absorb the blood and in the floor they had elevators to pop the gladiators and wild animals up into the arena.  There were three stories under ground where they kept the wild animals and gladiators. In one season they killed 4000 wild animals.  They don’t record how many gladiators died in the same time.  We are in awe of this place!!!!!

Interesting facts from the Coliseum;  no Christians were killed there and the word fornication came from the Coliseum.  After the Coliseum was closed prostitutes would hang around there and take men into the fornas or archways for sex.

Great day!!