Marmore Falls & Carsulae

I had a really busy weekend since it was Easter in Rome, more of which I will write about later.  On Saturday, my program here hosted a hiking trip to the Marmore waterfalls, which are in Terni, Italy in Umbria.  The falls were actually built by the ancient Romans in order to bring more water to the aqueducts.  They can be turned on and off, which I thought was kind of weird, especially since we saw them get turned off towards the end of the trip.  When the water was on, however, they were amazing!  We hiked up to the top of the mountain where we could look at the falls from above and the water was so strong that it was basically raining the entire hike because the mist was so heavy.

After the waterfall, we went to Carsulae, which is another archaeological site in Umbria.  There wasn't much left in Carsulae except for a lot of building foundations and some famous arches.  There was an amphitheater and a stadium but they were really overgrown.