Colosseum -- Just what you have been waiting for! (Rome, Italy)

First things, first.  The crowds.  Like everything else in Rome, always remember you are never alone! 

Once inside, well, the crowds slightly thin.  It doesn't really matter though, because the coliseum is so incredible that time (and people) seem to fade away.  You are left standing alone, picturing life as a gladiator would.  Its really incredible.

The most impressive thing...the flooring structure.  In the back of this photo, is a false cover, demonstrating what the colosseum would have looked like.  Underneath the floor are all the corridors where the gladiators and the animals were kept prior to the matches.