Today we went to see the colosseum as we had all wanted it to go. (It also happened to be my mum’s (Paula’s) birthday). We had booked a tour with a guide like the one we had in Pompeii and we met her outside.

She took us around all the best bits of the colosseum and told us some really interesting facts. Did you know that people have proven it is possible to fill the central ‘stage’ with water and they think they used to do that and make ships on the spot so they could have the men fight on ships?!

After she took us to another tour of a place called the a Forum. There were lots of old building that were broken and parts of buildings, she even showed us a really cool place where the children used to play games.

After we went for lunch and then headed home.