Rome, Italy - At last, I've aromed from Rive... Once I get that hemlet on... (Inside joke...) |
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In April 2015 I flew to Italy for almost 10 days... More coming soon...
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Rome, Italy - At last, I've aromed from Rive... Once I get that hemlet on... (Inside joke...) |
Rome, Italy - The Colosseum. One reason Rome wasn't built in a day. |
Rome, Italy - The Roman Forum ruins. Wasn’t me, it was like this when I got here. |
Rome, Italy - The Altare della Patria honors the first King of a unified Italy (Victor Emmanuel), but also has the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There's also a pretty great view from the restaurant on the top of the monument. |
Rome, Italy - Palazzo del Quirinale (Quirinale Palace) is one of the homes of the Italian President. |
Rome, Italy - Castel Sant'Angelo (Castle of the Holy Angel) was originally the Roman Emperor Hadrian mausoleum (you remember, the Wall Guy?), but The Pope converted it to a fortress in the 14th century. |
Rome, Italy - Gelato, in Rome? What are the chances? Well, when in Rome... |
Rome, Italy - Piazza del Popolo (People’s Square) was actually a nice quiet square with quite a few sites surrounding it. |
Rome, Italy - The Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti (Spanish Steps), all 135 of them, was actually built by the French in 1725. Maybe if they had built them in France we’d be calling them something else. |
Naples, Italy - Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944, today about 3 million people live around the volcano. |
Naples, Italy - Me looking directly into the crater of the beast. It was a nice sunny day. |
Naples, Italy - It’s a dusty walk along the edge of the Mount Vesuvius crater. |
Naples, Italy - The view of Naples as seen from the top of Mount Vesuvius. |
Naples, Italy - The view of the famous red, white, and green Naples pizza as seen from my eating vantage point. When in Naples… |
Pompeii, Italy - It’s hard to describe seeing Pompeii, it’s a city that’s not a city. |
Pompeii, Italy - The best I can say is that it looks like something Disney would have created, very fascinating. |
Pompeii, Italy - Mount Vesuvius as seen from Pompeii. |
Rome, Italy - The rarely seen photo of The Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain) during its’ 18 month restoration. |
Rome, Italy - The Column of Marcus Aurelius in the Piazza Colonna has stood there since 193 AD. Wow, that's history! |
Rome, Italy - The Pantheon (not to be confused with the Parthenon in Greece) is an incredible work of architecture from 120 AD. |
Rome, Italy - Piazza Navona is a good place to people watch, with its open space and several fountains. |
Rome, Italy - The less touristy Trastevere quarter of Rome, holds a lot of charm without the crowds. |
Rome, Italy - Tiber Island in the Tiber River makes for a pleasant stroll. |
Rome, Italy - Fooled you! This is the Theatre of Marcellus, built in 13 BC. Not as grand as the Colosseum, but cool anyways. |
Rome, Italy - The Papal Archbasilica of St. John in Lateran commonly known as St. John Lateran Archbasilica, St. John Lateran Basilica, St. John Lateran, or simply the Lateran Basilica. I just called it ‘Not The Vatican’. |
Rome, Italy - Circo Massimo (The Circus Maximus), you’ve probably heard of it, and now you’ve seen it. Can you say ‘big open space of nothing?’. |
Rome, Italy - The Piramide di Caio Cestio (Pyramid of Cestius) is actually a tomb built in 18 BC for Gaius Cestius. Who? The guy the tomb is named after, of course… |
Vatican City State - One of the Vatican Museum entrances. I bought a VIP ticket to avoid the lines. |
Vatican City State - Some of the park land in The Vatican, with a scenic view of St. Peter's dome. |
Vatican City State - The Italian Guardia Svizzera (Swiss Guards), their uniforms make for great camouflage against the Sistine Chapel or St. Peter's. |
Vatican City State - Case in point, need I say more? See the Swiss Guard? No? One word, 'camouflage'... |
Vatican City State - The dramatic inside of St. Peter's. Way too big to capture in just 1 photo. |
Vatican City State - Piazza San Pietro (St. Peter's Square), is the hub of activity and the famous view you always see on television. Hey! That's me! |
Vatican City State - Via della Conciliazione (Road of the Conciliation) is the main thoroughfare in The Vatican, but not the main attraction, thus, no crowds. |
Vatican City State - I kept eating and drinking, but for some reason the drink and bread kept multiplying... |
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