After a full day visiting the Vatican, we had planned on meeting my family the following morning in the Roman Forum.  It was our day to visit Ancient Rome (originally our day was the day of arrival but due to flight delays Christmas Eve turned out to be just fine).

Our plan was for my family to arrive a bit earlier than my wife and I as we had already toured the forum during our honeymoon several years ago.  We were going to try and meet up with them inside the forum, at least that was the plan.  Due to an inability to reach each other via phone, we had significant issues finding them.  I would guess my wife and I spent close to an hour searching for my family only to be startled to hear our names being called out from the Coliseum.  Turns out my family sees things quickly and they were already inside the coliseum waiting on us!

Some pictures from our day:

Roman Forum

Roman Forum

Coliseum – Interior

Lunch with the family

Cool church tucked between buildings

Wife and I with niece

Pantheon at night – Christmas Eve

Trevi Fountain at night – Christmas Eve

I know these are coming out slowly but it has been difficult to find the time to put them together.  Next up will be Christmas Day in Rome, with a special guest appearance from the Pope.