View from our hotel in Rome. Looking towards St. Peter's Basilica with he Baths of Diocletian in the foreground
Mom & Dad at Palatine Hill - the birthplace of Rome
The Colosseum and Arch of Constantine
A very rainy day in Rome!!
Mom & Dad at the Roman Forum. Big isn't it??
Looking down the Via Sacra to the Roman Forum
Ruins of the Imperial Palace of Rome
Now that's the classic tourist photo!!
The Arch of Constantine
Our first look inside the Colosseum
A recreation of what the original floor and seats would have looked like in 80 A.D.
One of the interior walkways of the Colosseum
The view from the Emperor's box
One of the staircases to the upper levels
Restored marbled seating. The entire first and second levels were covered in marble, as were all interior walkways and exterior facade. Only the 3rd and 4th floors had wooden seats and plaster & brick walls.
Now that's a nice photo......
View of all four floors of the Colosseum
Our room on the Star Princess
Dad at the Great Pyramids of Giza
Kimberly & Mom at the Great Pyramids
Mom & Dad in front of the Great Pyramid of Khufu
Mom & Dad touching the last standing 7th Wonder of the Ancient World
Mom & Kimberly at the base of the Great Pyramid - only $5!!
A view of the Giza Plateau
Mom & Dad looking like tourists!!
Kimberly & Mom looking like tourists........
Mom & Dad on the waterfront of Khios, Greece
Our first look at Istanbul, Turkey at dawn. The Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia were amaazing!
The bridge over the Bosphorus Strait separating the Asia and Europe sides of Istanbul
The Blue Mosque
The interior dome of the Hagia Sophia. Once the largest Christian church in the world. Built in the 4th Century, it was later converted to a Mosque in the 15th Century and is now a museum. You can see both Christian and Islamic symbols throughout.
One of the original mosaics from the Christian days of the Hagia Sophia.
Looking down from the second floor of the Hagia Sophia
These beautiful frescos covered over many of the Christian mosaics when the church was converted to a mosque.
View to the last standing pillar of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey - one of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World. It was three times as large as the Parthenon in Athens.
Mom at the tomb of St John the Baptist - Ephesus, Turkey
The Virgin Mary's House - Ephesus, Turkey. This is said to be the house where she lived her final years.
Mom lighting a candle at the Virgin Mary's House.
Kimberly in the "small" ampitheatre of Ephesus.
The marble road of Ephesus. Pillars on both sides would have been 20 meters high and had statues of Greco-Roman gods in front of them.
Riuns at Ephesus, Turkey
Mom & Dad at the Library of Celsuis - Ephesus
The Forum at Ephesus
Mom & Dad in front of the "big" ampitheatre is Ephesus - this theatre could hold 25,000 people
A great shot of the ampitheatre with uncategorized ruins in the foreground.
Kimberly & Dad at the modern Olympic Stadium in Athens where the first Modern Olympics were held in 1896.
Kimberly on top of the Acropolis in Athens with the Parthenon in he background
Mom & Dad at the Parthenon
Kimberly & Mom in front of the Temple of Athena at the Acropolis
View of modern day Athens from the Acropolis
View from the Acropolis to the original Forum of Athens
The ampitheatre at the Acropolis
Mom & Dad in Sorrento, Italy
Main square in Sorrento
Our first look at the ruins of Pompeii
The Temple of Apollo at Pompeii
Overlooking the Forum of Pompeii
Inside the Baths of Pompeii
A restaurant in Pompeii
Tile mosaic from the floor of one of the wealthy homes in Pompeii
Interior room of wealthy home in Pompeii
Courtyard fountain - Pompeii
The bakery/bread mill in Pompeii
More beautiful walls in Pompeii
Interior courtyard - Pompeii
Kimberly in the "small" ampitheatre of Pompeii
One of the exterior walls of Pompeii
Pompeii from a distance
Mom in St. Peter's Square
The ceiling as you enter St. Peter's Basilica
One of the smaller domes of St. Peter's.
The altar of St. Peter's.
The dome of St. Peter's.
The apse of St. Peter's.
The dome of St. Peter's
Interior ceiling of one of the many galleries of the Vatican Museum
Another ceiling of the Vatican Museum
And yet another.....and the Sistine Chapel was even more amazing than this!! But they don't allow pictures.....
Inside the Pantheon, Rome.
The famed Trevi Fountain in Rome
