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[Django]

Day 2 - Easter Sunday in Rome

After some real good sleep we got up Sunday morning to get Italian breakfast, which actually is just some brioche and very black Italian coffee.

The plan for today had been, to relax and may have a short ride up the hills. However, looking at a temperature of only 5°C (same as in Germany!), very cloudy sky and some cold rain, we decided to have a walk to the downtown of Civitavecchia and to leave the bikes at the parking lot of our host.



During the walk we had a view at the ferry harbor of Civitavecchia.



It was not really our idea and we hadn't considered to visit Rome at all, but then our host came up with that proposal, why not visit Rome? It's just one hour trip with the train and costs 5 Euro.

No sooner said than done. In the afternoon we arrived at the railway station Rome Termini in the center of Rome.

But what to do with just one afternoon in Rome? We decided to take the Metro to visit the Collosseum, which is nearly 2,000 years old, the largest amphitheatre in the world, and considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering. Coming out of the metro station and then standing in front of this ancient and huge building was really impressiv!



Here is more information about the Collosseum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum

We had some more side walks in that area, ...





...and returned in the evening to Civitavecchia by train.