Walking through the Parco Traiano, adjacent to the ColosseumAfter a while, ruined red walls start to look as natural as grass and trees.Approaching the ColosseumSeatsLooking out of the ColosseumThe Arch of ConstantineThe Arch of TitusArch of Titus interior, showing Jews paraded through Rome with objects from the Temple, following their unsuccessful revoltLooking goodSomewhat intactWhat was that?The ForumKosher restaurant and Judaica shop in the former Jewish ghettoRome's Great Synagogue, the Tempio MaggioreOn a church facing the ghetto, an inscription from Isaiah rebuking the JewsLooking south on the Tiber River. In the center is the small Tiber Island; the large domed building on the left is the synagogue; on the right the Ponte Cestio leads to the Trastevere ('across Tiber') neighborhood.Empty bottles and soccerballs trapped by the currents against a small waterfallRuins right in the middle of the city, surrounded by modern buildingsPropaganda Street.Near the Piazza di SpagnaThe Spanish StairsRome's Aurelian Wall, completed in 275 CEA parkA variety of bicycles for rent thereA view over the cityA lavatorial test of intuition and character. How do you turn the $@%! water on? Oh, there's a pedal at the bottom.fin