Colosseum and Roman Forum

Here again is a sign of the changes to tourism. We simply walked in 16 years ago. Today, you need to queue up, pay an entrance fee, and go through a metal detector.
Photos:
1) Colosseum
2) The Rome Forum Hotel. When we were ready to move our family back from Rome to the US, we had to stay in a hotel in Rome for a few days after our furniture had been packed up. We owned a cat at the time. Most hotels did not permit a cat, but one of the few that did was the Rome Forum Hotel. So because of our cat, we got to stay on the upper floor suite in this hotel overlooking the ancient Forum ruins.
3) Here is what the view from that hotel room of ours looks like taken from street level.