May 01, 2006
MAY DAY ROME TODAY IS MAY 1, A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN ROME, THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF LABOUR DAY. ALL THE SHOPS AND BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED AND MOST OF THE MUSEUMS. THE TOURIST SITES THAT ARE OPEN ARE VERY BUSY EG. THE COLISEUM AND THE PLALANTINE HILL. THERE IS A VERY LARGE, FREE CONCERT IN ON OF THE PIAZZAS THAT 1000,S ARE ATTENDING, SO THE OTHER SPOTS ARE NOT QUITE AS CROWDED AS THEY MIGHT BE OTHERWISE. TODAY WE MADE OUR SECOND VISIT TO THE COLISEUM AND THE PALANTINE, AND WENT ON A GUIDED TOUR OF BOTH. THE TOURS WERE QUITE GOOD. WE WENT IN REVERSE ORDER TO LAST TIME, AND VISITED THE COLISEUM FIRST AND THEN THE PALANTINE.
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