Rome!

The domes of Rome from Capitoline Hill, with St. Peters in center, distant

The Roman Forum

The Coloseum arena, on the former site of Nero's exclusive lake.

Daily soccer at the Circus Max. Not much restoration here, and its not being well cared for - the litter was appalling.

Isola Tibura (Tiber Island). The Tiber is tiny!

450 Cats slumber at their sanctuary, where Julius Caesar was assassinated (et tu Brute?)

Pantheon, Outside and In

Sampling some fine Italian(!) food in front of the Pantheon

Joe gazes up at Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel, (Last Judgement in background), while listening to audio guide

Michaelangelo's glorious dome at St. Peters

The Pope addresses a crowd in St. Peters square, hemmed in by Bernini's massive colonnade as we observe from the top of the dome.

View down from the dome, showing light streaming through Bernini's golden dove window, the central altar canopy (lower center - bronze stolen from the Pantheon by the Barberinis), and two of the four central niches (center left and right - corkscrew columns stolen from the Jewish temple of Solomon by the Romans, then "appropriated" by Bernini)

Trevi Fountain, a night hangout spot, which we seemed to keep coming back to, again and again and again, whether we wanted to or not. Did we toss a few too many coins into the fountain?

The "Brothers of the Immaculate Militia", at the monastery/guesthouse where we stayed in Rome. Militia? Do they keep an Uzi hidden under those robes?

Our first pizza!

Boca Veritas: the "Mouth of Truth". Will Joe keep all his fingers?

The forum is spectacularly lit at night...the ruins are a bit eerie. We stayed right adjacent, so frequented this area.

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