Rome - Oct. 18-19



The Vatican, St. Peter's Square

Prepping for the Pope's Sunday Mass

Inside Michelangelo's dome

Michelangelo's Pieta done in 1499

Giant marble cherubs

Inside the Basilica

Stained glass by Bernini

Vatican courtyard in candle light

Spiral staircase lit by candles

Roman fast food

Arch of Titus

Lauren on the Palatine

View of the Colosseum from Palatine

Fleur de lis detail on stairs

Roman temple ruins

These columns date from AD 6

Keeping Vestal Virgins company

On Via Sacra, ancient Roman street

John by the Rostra

Arch of Septimius Severus, AD 203

The Colosseum view from top

What was under the arena floor

Colosseum landscape

John was here too!

Arch of Constantine view

Self-timer photograph

Outside the Colosseum

First view of the Colosseum

Near the Spanish Steps

You call this a car?

The famous Jack in the Box fountain

Outside the Pantheon

Pigeons relaxing on fountain

The oculus in the Pantheon dome

Pantheon detail at dusk

Roman street cafe at dusk

The Trevi fountain glows...

and mesmerizes at night
July 11, 2004