Roman Forum

After we left Catacombs we traveled to the Colosseum passing the Roman Forum and Circus Maximus. All of them deserve a day wandering amongst the ruins of what we magnificent buildings and a tribute to the genius of the Romans. Unfortunately our schedule did not allow that much time at any of them so we spent more time around the Colosseum learning it's history.
As I was returning to our bus I met up with Fr Bernie Graham who is traveling with Pilgrims from Salesian Schools and Parishes around Australia - he seemed in good spirits and was looking forward to Madrid.
After the Colosseum we travelled to the Basilica of St Mary Major where we spent some time after lunch experiencing some of the wonderful architecture that is present in so many of these impressive buildings.