The Coliseum today........and something else!

We went on a very interesting walk around and in the Coliseum today...

Thought you might enjoy the following pictures!

From the outside:



The ancient seats were made of travertine:



A view down into what was the understory; wild animals were stored here prior to being brought up for the fights.



The Arch of Constantine:




And yours truly pretending along with some modern-day Roman soldiers!

The Pantheon in Rome...

We did a little self-tour today...

Thought you might enjoy these pictures!

The Pantheon has the largest unreinforced concrete dome anywhere...

Hotel Sofitel at Heathrow...

Just passing through...

Found on Facebook; Posted without comment...

Jacaranda in Spring...

A beautiful bit of classical music...

Nathan Milstein plays Massenet Meditation:

America........the Beautiful, by Taylor Jones in today's LA Times.