Weekend in Roma. 2009 08 07-08



Well, this weekend we went to Roma to visit Elder & Sister Pearson, who are leaving for home in about 3 weeks. One of the many blessings of serving a mission is meeting such great people. Elder & Sister Pearson work in the mission office. It is not a glamorous job, they would be the first to tell you, but it is critical, they would also be the first to agree. Elder & Sister Pearson have been a great help to us, especially in the transition when we arrived.

We wish them well on their return to their family.



Friday night they took us to Piazza Veneaia where we saw the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II. This was built between 1885 & 1911 to commemorate the unification of Italy under King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy. They were doing some work on the left side of the building. If you look closely, you can see the scaffolding.

This same Piazza also has the Palazzo Venezia. From the middle door on the second floor, is where Moussilini would address the people of Roma.


From the Piazza Veneaia we walked down the street to the Colosseum. The entrance to the Metro is just across the street. From there, we went home for the night.

Saturday we went to the prison which held Peter & Paul prisioner before being killed. Unfortunately it was closed for repair. However, we did take a video of what we could see of the Roman Forum. The Via Sacra (Sacred Way) was used for religious and triumphal processions led to the "Forum Romanum" which was the center of political, religious, commercial and judicial life in ancient Rome.

My camera does not have sound but the video turned out pretty good.

I could not get the video to load so I added it to "YouTube". Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0syA-v8bQU

What fascinates us with what we have seen here in Italy is that we have walked where people walked centuries ago. That blows our mind. First in Pompeii and now in Roma.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.