The Colosseum

The itinerary for Day 6 included the Vatican museum, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's AND the Colosseum. Ulysse, the Roman version of Floyd Fairweather, was our exceptional guide. His insightful comments were laced with wisdom and wit...very enjoyable!
We had been skirting the Colosseum for four days, as it dominates the eastern skyline as the Vatican does the west. If you don't think about it, you can call it beautiful, perhaps because 2/3s of it was cannibalized (Ulysse says recycled) to build other things, including the Vatican and even buildings across the street. That only stopped in 1739. The Colosseum has that peculiar bite taken out of one side and that makes the shape more interesting than if it were just a round drum, like say, Hadrians Tomb, which squats near the river by the Bridge of Angels. The Colosseum has hundreds, of arches, cleverly lit from the inside at night.