- As stated in previous post, our camera broke, so these poor pictures are from a camera phone -
On our second day we visited the Vatican and St Paul's Massive Basilica. We also tracked down Michelangelo's Moses and visited the sacred steps, which are said to have been purchased from Pontius Pilot's palace by Constantine's mother.
Our final day in Italy, we took a train and then a bus to Tivoli to visit Villa d 'Este. This Villa was built by a Catholic Cardinal who was excommunicated before making it to Pope. He built a large mansion with immense grounds covered in hundreds of gravity powered fountains and water falls. Many of his statues were taken from the excavation of Hadrian's palace which was being excavated at the time (1500s). The fountains all still work and were very impressive.
It must have been spring break all over Europe because Rome was crowded with teenagers - smoking and kissing. They and their smoke were hard to escape. We finished our day with a walking tour to plazas, fountains, and the Pantheon. We enjoyed dinner on the Piazza Novano and then walked by the Trevi Fountain to throw in our coin - hoping someday to return.
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| Colosseum |
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| The Forum |
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| Caesar Augustus's house |
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| View from Palatine Hill |
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| Swiss Guard |
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| St Peter's Basilica |
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| Villa d 'Este at Tivoli |
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| Looking towards Rome |
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| Villa d 'Este |
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| The Pantheon |
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| Art sellers at Piazza Novano |
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| Dinner at Piazza Novano |
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| Crazy tourists! :) |
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| Trevi Fountain - Goodbye Rome! |
2 comments:
We loved Rome- and it was a last minute decision to go there, we decided only a few days before. Glad you had such a fun trip!
Wow, Lainey! Looks like you had an amazing trip! Good job at posting in segments so you actually got it done. I'm impressed! So so glad that you and Fisher were able to do this. Missing you! :)
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