The Castel Sant'Angelo
Looking back across the Tiber to St Peter's
A quick refreshment stop in town for a frozen milk drink
Piazza Navona, with the Chiesa San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
The fabulous hole in the roof of the Pantheon
The circle of light strikes the inner wall
Looking out of the Pantheon
The Pantheon - so fab!
Piazza Colonna, home to the Marcus Aurelius Column
A close-up of the Column, showing Marcus Aurelius' victory over Germanic tribes
The Trevi Fountain, recently restored to its ravishing Rococo radiance
The Obelisco Aureliano on Pincio Hill
Cooling off in a handy cool fountain on Pincio Hill
This piece of graffiti truly speaks an international language
Piazza del Popolo
The Obelisco Flaminio in Piazza del Popolo
Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio e San Carlo al Corso
The cool interactive fountain outside the new Museo dell'Ara Pacis
The Tiber in the gloaming, with St Peter's in the background
Piazza Sant'Egidio (I think) in Trastevere
A spot of people-watching
Duff Beer - yes it really exists (now)!
The Tiber by night
The view from our hotel window in the Via Cola di Rienzo
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Inside the basicila - it's big!
A priest doing what priests do
Quality sunbeams
Quality statuary
Some very early decoration that reminded me of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Chiesa di Santa Pudenziana
The fabulous Moses by Michelangelo in the Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli
Colosseum - gotta love it!
On the Forum
The Trajan Markets, the shopping mall of its day
Trajan's Column, depicting victories over the Dacians
Ah yes, we're in Italy aren't we!
The Vittoriano, known locally as the Typewriter
Chris & Kate enjoy the view from on top of the Vittoriano
Christian looks Photoshopped in on this, but he wasn't
White marble, blue skies: my kind of holiday
Some crazy ruins right in the centre of the old town
A floor-level shot in the Chiesa del Gesù
Mary & her candles in Chiesa del Gesù
Faux Romans outside the Pantheon
The obligatory Trevi Fountain shot
The Trevi Fountain is bigger than you think
Fontana del Tritone in Piazza Barberini
Ryan & Sophie doing their siblings look again
Ryan cracks up whilst doing an impression
Sophie & Kate enjoy a photo
Michaela chillin' at the beach
Me & Livi
Chris, also chillin' at the beach
Christian, checking his photos
What a scorcher! The beach at Torvaianica
The unposed family shot at Torvaianica
The posed family shot at Torvaianica
The Vatican Museums - quite literally a treasure trove
More Vatican Museum statuary
Perseus flanked by the boxers Creugas and Damoxenes, in the Cortile Ottagono
The Laocoön: a Trojan priest & his sons battle with sea serpents
A basin found at Nero's Domus Aurea which is made from a single piece of porphyry
From here you can see just how huge that basin is!
Etruscan Museum
Etruscan Museum - is he peeing in his wine?
This reminded me of the Hermitage in St Petersburg
The Raphael Rooms - incredible frescoes
More Raphael amazingness
It gets better & better!
Restful scenes for the eye after the spendour of the Sistine Chapel
I love their cheeky, conspiratorial look!
The spiral staircase from 1932
Christian enjoys the spiral
One last view of Rome from within the Vatican Museum
