Day 11 - Colosseum, Capitoline Museum, Imperial Forum, Museum, and a home cooked meal!

After yesterday's day of rest, we got an early start to the morning by walking 4 miles to the Colosseum. It was a nice walk along the river, and Taylor presented to the group about the history of the Colosseum. One of the most interesting points we learned was there were 26 different kinds of gladiators, including women and animals. Also, contrary to the movies gladiators rarely were killed in the arena.

At the end of Taylor's presentation, it got very windy, cold, and started to rain. So we ran over to the Capitoline Museum where we saw a number of fascinating sculptures. My favorite was the sculpture of Commodus dressed up like Hercules (he was very full of himself). After the museum it was sunny and nice out, which allowed us to go to the Imperial Forum where Maggie presented. The Imperial Forum was like an outdoor shopping mall in ancient Roman times.

We then went over to the Spanish Steps, checked out a church, and had some free time for lunch and shopping. After, we headed to the Borghese park and museum. Mr. Whitson said we were very lucky to get in as he needed to make reservations months ago. The Borghese family has has this collection of Renaissance artwork for centuries. Mr. Whitson asked us to write done and be ready to explain our 3 favorite paintings and why.

After the museum, we went back to the apartment and all helped Mr. Whitson make a home made dinner. Salad, pasta, a meat sauce, and bruscetta. It was VERY GOOD!

One more day!

Jordan Lee
Tesseract 9th Grade Student

Using public transportation!


On the way to the Colisseum

































Capitoline Museum














Imperial Forum












Spanish Steps



Borghese Park






Dinner!