At the port in Civitavecchia.
I think that our ship is there.
Driving over the Tiber River.
A Cathedral in Rome.
The Cathedral
Graffiti in Rome
An Egyptian Pyramid in Rome
Inscription on the pyramid
Driving past the Colusseum.
We could see a bit into the Colusseum.
Ruins in the middle of the city.
Walking up to the Colusseum.
Wonderful view of the Colusseum.
The darker parts of the Colusseum are the original parts that were dirty from the pollution of the city.
The Roman forum ruins.
How the parking meter people know how long you've been parked there.
Going into the graffitied subway.
A cool mosaic in the subway.
A fountain
We were sad that we couldn't be one of those people in the Colusseum. Our tour didn't have time to go inside.
Rome's Arc of Constantine.
A cool photo of the Colosseum.
The holes in the Colosseum were created when people took metal out of the building to melt. A lot of the Colosseums marble was reused for other projects in Rome.
We could see into the interior.
Can you see the Roman Gladiator on the right hand side? they were everywhere for people to pose with (for some Euros of course).
Peeking in
It was Very hot and Very crowded there!
A Lego Gladiator!
Look at the cool bug by the colosseum.
The ceiling at the St. Peter's in Chains church.
The Moses with horns statue by Michelangelo in the St. Peter's in Chains church.
Above the alter and chain relics.
The chain relics
The center statue of Moses was done by Michealengelo and the others were by his students.
Closer shot of Moses. He's holding the Ten Commandment tablets and there was a mis-translation and rather than rays of sun it was read as horns, so he has horns on his head.
Creepy skeleton sculptures.
More creepy skeleton with a Sickle.
The church we were in.
A fountain on the street.
garbage can
Another view of the Colosseum.
Sculpture of Julius Ceasar.
Driving to the Vatican.
The St. Mark lion.
A nun crossing the street.
The fortress that the Pop could go to through underground passageways.
Tons of sculptures were everywhere.
this was a statue
Walking to St. Peter's Basilica.
The columns surrounding the area.
There were hour+ long lines to get in and we went through a different access with our tour and beat the lines! Metal detectors and bags had to be checked.
Another nun
The Swiss guards being photographed.
This is the square that gets filled when the Pop is speaking.
One of the doors of St. Peters
Our first view inside St. Peters
The main alter that the Pope performs a few services. St Peter is buried underneath.
Everything was amazing! The floors, ceilings, walls, etc.
Holy Smokes! It's The Pieta! RIGHT THERE!
Closer view of The Pieta by Michealangelo. It was damaged by some crazy dude with a hammer years ago, and so now has glass protecting it.
Some saint is buried here I think...sort of creepy.
Looking under the main altar.
This dome was designed by Michealangelo.
The altar was pretty awesome.
This looks like a painting, but upon closer inspection, it is a mosaic!
More Swiss gaurds
More nuns!
This cool salad dressing for our salad. They had tubes of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt in that cup.
Yummy espresso!
Some people kayaking under a bridge.
Looking down this pretty street when we got a bit lost in Rome!
Pretty street
