The day started fairly nice - cool and cloudy. It's a good thing (usually) when you're planning on visiting the colosseum and forum. We had a great tour of the colosseum & learned lots about the original sporting events, gladiators & the citizens of ancient Rome. Then we headed over to the forum and began to learn about the day to day life of the common people and the interesting temples that lie in ruins there. About 1/3 of the way through the skies opened and we were drenched. We hid out under the trees the best we could but it was definitely a mediterranean storm! The kids have been sent off to explore the last few things they want to see in Rome on their own. I'll update after dinner some of the great things they did today! 
Before I get to what the kids were up to, I forgot to mention we saw the mayor of Rome today. There was some historical auto club that was receiving honors and we walked right through it (twice!) If you watched the news here it may have been possible to see us coming down the stairs behind the presentation!Now for the rest of today. Luke and Richard went to lunch with some Mirabelli family friends. A group found a market near the Vatican and spent the afternoon bartering & souvenir shopping. Another group walked up to a great park in the south west of Rome that Katie and I had never heard of before. It was quite a hike but they had a fabulous time. Another we
nt to Maria del Vittoria and saw the St. Therese in Ecstacy or tried to anyway. Some made great advantage of the street artists. They were all back to the meeting point on time with no difficulties. You should all be so proud of how well they are all doing on the trip!We had a yummy lasagne dinner and then spent the evening at Piazza Navona eating gelati and watching the street vendors. There was a fun group of break dancers there too. Off to Florence in the morning. Good night!
It is so great to see what you have all been up to.
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