The Palatine Hill

Yesterday I finally got to visit the Palatine Hill, situated right next to the Colosseo, where Mark has been guiding for a month now already. One of his friends arrived in town to spend the week-end here and so we thought it was a good occasion to go. Plus the fact that we didn't have to pay the entrance, as Mark was working and had tickets left.
From the Palatine Hill you get one of the best views of Rome: the Colosseo, the forums, Vittorio Emmanuele Monument, the Circus Maximus, even the Dome of StPeter's in the back... very much worth it. Although you'll miss a lot of interesting facts if you don't have a guide along to tell you what is what. One of those interesting facts for example is, that in the baths built by the emperor Domitian, there is a large circular room which was used for talking and decision making, so all important people sitting there, with the particular feature of these seats all being... toilets :) Yep these Romans certainly knew how to maximise your time ;) Thanks to the Aqueduct there was a system of running water passing there and making sure the toilets got "flushed" permanently.
Today, after a short 2 hours at work, I'm finally heading to the Vatican museums, hopefully the queue to enter won't be too long. News and pics coming tonight.
Oh, and did I mention I'm going home tomorrow?? I'm so excited, Laurence (one of my best friends) is getting married on Saturday (I still can't believe it!) and of course I wouldn't want to miss that!! I'll be back in Rome on Sunday evening already though, back to work on Monday morning.