On our first night here, after seeing the Colosseum, we headed off down a wrong road. We saw this monument and wanted to document it in the daylight : ) It's a memorial for 9/11, which completely surprised and amazed me. How incredibly cool of Rome to create a memorial for the Twin Towers, Roman style, of course! The plaque in the middle reads (roughly translated):
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Pro Memoria
In memory of the victims of the tragedy at
New York and Washington
on September 11, 2001.
The city of Rome
for the peace against every form of terrorism.
Cool, huh?
As this was our last full day in Rome, there were a couple little things on the list of major to-do's that we hadn't done yet. We went across the street from the 9/11 Memorial to Circus Maximus. Seriously cool. To be walking on that ground, where 2000+ years ago were chariot races . . . awesome!!! We went to La Boca Della Verita, to see if we got to keep our hands, back to our favorite gelato stop at the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain again, the Spanish Steps again . . . all beautiful and romantic and SO AMAZING!!!! BAH!!! Still couldn't believe we were in Rome. ROME, BABY!!!! awesome.
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