We didn't end up going to the Sistine Chapel, which is full with paintings by Michael Angelo. After we went to the Vatican City, we went to another of the many attractions of Rome, the Pantheon. The Pantheon is a temple that was converted into a church, and is 2000 years old. It is fascinating that it has managed to stay completely intact, without any sign of a crack or scratch. The diameter is the same as the inside height, standing 43.3m tall. The dome is considered the Romans greatest architectural development. It is the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built. It has a hole at the top, which people would have thought is a problem with rain, but there are small holes in the floor, which the rain goes into, because of a slight 

slope. 

After that we went to the Trevi Fountain. It is Rome's largest fountain. There is a suspicion that if you throw a coin in the fountain, then you will come back to Rome. It has worked for Dad, seeing as he came when he was 9, he threw the coin in. He came again when he was 20, he threw the coin in again. He came again at 38 and threw in the coin. Now here we are again, and he threw the coin in again. It has also worked for Mum, who came when she was 40 and here she is. I threw a coin in, as did my parents. We saw people throwing it in backwards, so we thought that that might add to the chance, so we did that too. The fountain depicts Neptune in a shell-shaped chariot following the Tritons and two sea horses.