The Rome trip - part two ... plus, a plague of Santas !

Ian: This time we go a little out of Rome to the south-east to see a long stretch of a road which has been used since 312 BC.
Part of the Appian Way.

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You can see the grooves worn from all the years of wheel impact.

On the Appia Antica there are the remains of a sauna !

Now, back to the area next to the Colosseum - the Palatine hill...

It's a huge open air archaeological showcase.

Very distinctive roman trees !

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One very cold and foggy morning I went into town to snap the annual Santa Dash - a fund raising 5km run around the center of Glasgow. There must've been about 1000 of them !

more of Rome to come !