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Terence and I went to Italy for our honeymoon in August 2001. We went on a tour for people over 25 years old and visited some marvelous places. These pictures were taken the old fashioned way with a camera that took film. I took picture of my photographs for this post. I should scan them but it takes ever so long so pictures of pictures had to do.
The Colosseum is an oval amphitheatre in the middle of Rome, Italy just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre every built and was completed in 80 AD during the reign of emperor Titus. According to Wikipedia, it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles including animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Roman mythology, and briefly mock sea battles.
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The Colosseum is so rustic and awe-inspiring! I bet visiting it would be a walk back in time!
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It is a walk back in time. Quite incredible. We also visited The Forum and a few other wonderful places.
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I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Rome and the coliseum in 1976 and it was an unforgettable experience. Thank you for sharing! It brought back memories!
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It is amazing how timeless these places are. If I visited now, it would look the same as when I visited in 2001 and when you visited in 1976. It is almost magical.
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We have been there too Robbie isn’t it an amazing place 💜
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It is, Willow, so ancient and incredible.
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I need to get there before this glorious piece of history crumbles away.
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It is a wonderful place to visit. It is the oldest place I’ve visited.
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So do I! I’ve always wanted to see it in person to imagine what it must have been like to attend an event there. (But not an execution.)
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It is a marvelous place to visit, Liz. So ancient and amazing.
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My husband was lucky enough to visit it several times when he was in the Navy.
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A perk of the job. Terence and I visited a few places for his work purposes before the pandemic hit. We would have gone to Greece this year. Hopefully next year things will be better.
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I love the Colosseum and your photo journey took me back through time. Thank you. Beautiful!
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It was a wonderful holiday, Gwen. Thank you for visiting.
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Nifty scenery! I can only imagine how you felt in that ancient city. 20 years married, eh? Congrats!!
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HI Annette, Yes, 20 years, quite a long time. I’m glad you enjoyed my pictures.
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What an amazing place to go on a honeymoon!
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It was, Priscilla. We have never made it back. Maybe one day, but I want to go to Amsterdam and see the art museum.
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Oh my goodness Roberta, what an awesome honeymoon!!! And all the doors and archways that you got to walk through………I always like to think about others who have walked through the same doorways that I have.
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Hi Wendi, its lovely to see you. I am glad you enjoyed these pictures. Such an ancient building.
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🙂 thank you…….I hope you and your family is doing well!
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It’s looking good. We haven’t been to Rome in years.
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We haven’t been again, either Tim. It was a wonderful holiday. I am very keen to go to Spain.
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What a fabulous place to go to for your honeymoon. Pictures of pictures work!
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Hi Darlene, I am glad you enjoyed these pictures. It was a lovely holiday.
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I remember the days of film, Robbie…when we went to Rome we also shot on it…strangely, we were there in 2000! Celebrating our second wedding anniversary!
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Hi John, I think Italy is a very romantic destination and lots of young couples go there because of it. I am glad we went, we have lovely memories of Italy.
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We’ve been to Italy 3 times and love it more each time…we are planning a trip there for next summer – a new part of that incredible country! Your pictures were terrific, thanks for sharing them with us!
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You look so young! Amazing photos, Robbie (And I like your Canadian shirt :))
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I was 29 in this picture, Jacquie. I had such short hair! Terence gave me that T-shirt. He has family in Vancouver and had visited a short while before we got married.
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I wondered about the Vancouver T-shirt. You look adorable.
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You got some wonderful shots, Robbie! I became a fan of the columns after visiting Italy.
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Italy is a wonderful place to visit, Denise.
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Those are great photos, Robbie, and a few hundred doors 🙂
That must have been a wonderful trip. The coliseum is beautiful. Did you also visit Vancouver (your shirt)? I’ve visited that city several times.
Thanks for participating in our challenge. I hope you have a great weekend.
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Hi Dan, I have not managed to visit Vancouver yet. That shirt was given to me by my husband who went to visit family there before we got married. I have not been to the Americas.
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Oh, the stories these stones could tell. A wonderful collection of photos from 2001, Robbie. How far we’ve come since then. I have photos from those years, but without GPS I have no way of telling the location. That is unless I have a the background of the Colosseum! What a great place to spend your honeymoon. Unforgettable.
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Hi Rebecca, I am not sure if I would want to know some of the stories these stones have to tell. From what I’ve read about these amphitheatres, some awful things happened to people in the arenas. It is wonderful to see it though, and to feel a part of the history and wonder. Terence is amazing, he remembers the names of all the places we visited, even the obsure ones, so I ask him if I can’t remember. He has a GPS in his head, along with a calculator.
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You and Terence make a brilliant duo, Robbie.
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It’s mind boggling to think the Colosseum has stood for that long.
What an amazing experience it must have been to visit such an ancient site. Great share, Robbie!
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It is rather incredible. Rome is a fascinating place to visit.
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What an amazing trip for your honeymoon, Robbie. I love your photos. The Colosseum is almost 2000 years old. Some ancient countries have better engineers than the modern days. I would like to visit Rome someday.
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Hi Miriam, that is true. I think the ancient architects cared more about the aesthetics of buildings. Their buildings were objects of great beauty.
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It’s true, Robbie. It took years to build but they last for thousands of years.
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Great photos of an amazing architecture! Such memories…
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Hi Teresa, thank you. The Colosseum is an amazing place to visit, so ancient.
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Italy is at the top of places I want to visit, to see things like the Coliseum. That must have been something to see a reenactment of a sea battle!
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Yes, the technology they used was astonishing. Italy was high on our list too and was the first overseas destination we visited together.
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it seems like there are so many great places to visit in Italy. it would be nice to be able to spend a month there..
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It would. We spend 10 days there and then 2 days in the UK.
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that sounds like quite the holiday!
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It is as if the blood of the ancient inhabitants has seeped into the soil, stone, and masonry. As we stand in the wind that still contains their dying bresths, we feel them as if we can almost reach out and touch them. The U.S. is so young in comparison.
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So is South Africa, Deborah. I am very lucky to have visited such a marvelous place.
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Wow! Now that’s an incredible set of doors. And everything else–columns, buttresses, walkways, arches–the works. I looked it up before commenting–one estimate is that 400,000 people gave their lives for this structure. The place is so rich in history–built on the site of hated Nero’s palace, with the labor of the recently defeated Jews, and so many died in the spectacles there, including Christian martyrs. I’m sure it was an unforgettable day. Thanks for sharing it with us. : )
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It is my pleasure, Cathleen. Thank you for adding all this information, it is so fascinating.
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These are wonderful photos Robbie! Like postcards.
I’m thinking of you and your family. The news reports from your country are not good. Hope you are well away from the violence. (K)
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Hi Kerfe, what’s happening in South Africa is a test of our democracy. We are all praying our government stands firm and corrupt despotism doesn’t turn South Africa into another failed African state.
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I will send my own prayers for that end too Robbie.
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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Another wonderful place, Robbie. I was lucky enough to visit Rome on a school trip back in 1979. I remember being told off by my Latin teacher for stroking one of the cats for fear of rabies at the Colosseum. I don’t remember the floor having been excavated like that, but it was a very long time ago. Remarkable history.
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HI Chris, you lovely for you to have visit as part of a school trip. A benefit of growing up in the UK. Your comment about rabies is interesting. I think rabies has been more or less eradicated in Europe although it does appear in the USA and here in South Africa too.
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It was kept out of the UK by very strict controls, although there was stories of it being brought in my squirrels hiding on the axels of the Channel Tunnel trains!! I know it’s here in some places – Luna gets her jab every 3 years.
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Reblogged this on Sharon E. Cathcart and commented:
Great photos of the Colosseum by friend and fellow author Robbie Cheadle. Enjoy!
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HI Sharon, thank you for sharing.
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You two look like a couple of kids. Lol. I hope to go there too someday, Robbie. What an amazing place. Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos 🙂
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Hi Diana, this was a lovely place to visit. I suppose we all do remain carefree kids until we have our own children and families and then we have to mature.
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And it’s fun when the kids leave home and we get to reclaim some of that carefreeness. 🙂
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This is a great idea for a Doors post, Robbie. It must have been a spectacular honeymoon. Hugs on the wing.
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Hi Teagan, it was our first trip overseas together an Italy is a marvelous place to visit. Hugs right back.
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I was lucky to get to Italy with my husband. Most of the time though was spent in a little town, because he was actually working most of the time. We did get to Rome one day, but only saw the outside of the coliseum. We did get to spend some time in Pompeii – that was very interesting. There was a Jeopardy (quiz show) clue that showed a photo of an ‘early retail’ coffee house – and my hubby and I both said the answer at the same time – It was from Pompeii!!
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WE never visited Pompeii but we did visit Florence. I would like to visit again and see more.
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your pics make it seem more real than the glossy shots we usually see … you do look like youngsters!
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Yes, twenty years is a long time. I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures, Kate.
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i totally did, thanks for sharing Robbie!
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What an amazing experience, Robbie.
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