After I drug Taris out of the Colosseum and Forum, we hiked up the hill to Capital Hill and museum. We continued down the road and came across the famous steps at Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Roman women used to climb all 125 steps on their knees in hopes of a child. (Taris tried to get me to do that. I told him I wasn't that desperate yet...although he offered to do it for me. Ha! Ha!) We went to the Victor Emmanuel Monument. The monument is the largest equestrian statue in the world. Victor Emmanuel is the first king of Italy. (To put it into perspective, the mustache on Victor Emmanuel is five feet long.) At this monument is Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Eternal Flame. From the monument, if you turn around with your back to it you can see the balcony that Mussolini gave his fascist speeches from. We made it to the Pantheon and on to the Trevi fountain as the sun was setting. (Which I recommend...the fountain looked great all lit up.) Enjoy all of the pictures!
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