TRAVEL THE WORLD - ROME , ITALY

These three photos, taken in 1994, show how impressive the ancient ruins of Rome are. The first photo looks down over the Roman forum from the Arch of Septimus Severus, the second photo looks over onto Augustus' Forum, and the final one features Caesar's Forum. Our only complaint was the intense heat, which limited the amount of time we spent exploring the ruins. Spending more time is something to look forward to on our next visit.

TRAVEL THE WORLD - ROME, ITALY

We visited Rome in 1994 in the middle of a heat wave. Can't you almost see the heat in this photo of the Roman Forum? If you look very closely, you can just make out the man and woman near the bottom right. This will give you an idea of the scale of the ruins. The forum itself is very large. We walked here for an hour or so until we felt burned to a crisp and returned to our hotel, disappointed that we couldn't spend more time reading the guide book to see what we had actually been looking at.