Re: If I could be transported back

In Hyde's recent Over/Under series of interview posts, David left the question "If you could be transported back in history to a period of time, when would it be and why?" for the next participant, who happened to be Elena Rossi. She gave a great answer, and then David and Hyde answered the same question too on their blogs, so I thought I'd chime in with my two cents as well. If I could be transported back in history to a period of time, when would it be and why? If I had a time machine, this thing would get a lot of use, because there are so many historic periods I'd want to visit; I'd go see Elvis live on stage, and the Beatles. I'd visit Germany before it was bombed to pieces during the second world war. I'd go back 2000 years and visit ancient Rome, and the region I grew up in, when it was under Roman rule. Then go back another 2000 years and see the Egyptian pyramids when they were still shiny and new. Woolly Mammoths were also still alive 4000 years ago, so I'd go and see them,…