1-over
looking the Forum
2-This
is were Julius Caesar is buried and were the speech "Friends, Romans, Countrymen
lend me your ears..." took place.
3
- This was the Senate
5
- Peter was held in this prison, the only one in Roma at the time.
He was crucified upside down.
6
- Dinner in Roma. I meet Joe and Ken in Florence and Kelly and Sarah
we just meet tonight.
7
- Voctor Emanuall at night.
9
- Throwing a coin at Trivi Fountain
11
- Trivi Fountain, they say if you throw a coin in over your left shoulder
you will come back to Roma some day.
12
- One the Spanish steps, yes those are roses that all of us girls are holding.
They guys gave in a got one for each of us. Thanks :)
13
- mosaics from the Caracalla baths
14
- behind me is part of the old gym
16
- These guys had tile floors and drains! Sounds like the fashion
today :)
17
- over all look at the baths, which after the tour sounds more like a sports
center, sort of
20
- Inside the Pantheon
21
- Another area inside the Pantheon
22
- The dome, this place was set up so that people were supposed to make
offerings to the god/goddess that the sun shone on. That was the
supreme beings time to be worshipped.
23
- out front of the Pantheon
28-Enterance
to the Vatican City museum, the pinecone represents unification and the
peacocks represent eternity
29-Sculpture,
this is the guy that warned the Greeks not to except gifts from Troy and
they sent him some snakes for it.
30-They
told me that Michelangelo kneeled before this statue for hours and said
nothing to anyone.
31-one
of the few bronze statues left, this is of Hercules. They said that
ancient people started using marble after of them got electrocuted
while working during a storm.
32-Mozaic
of calendar
34-tapistry
of one of the popes