Leaving Paris
2015年10月15日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
At the Charles de Gaulle airport. Very modern and huge! Three days was not enough time to see everything.
Arrived in Rome (finally)
2015年10月15日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
It took most of the day to get to our hotel rooms. The drive was long to the Paris airport, it took an hour and a half from touch down in Rome to when we got our bags, our hotel was over an hour awayもっと詳しく
Vatican Museum
2015年10月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
This is the start of a very long, but incredible day. These pics are outside of the Vatican Museum.
Vatican Museum
2015年10月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
As with the Louvre, the artwork is so beautiful and there is so much of it it's overwhelming. I took so many pictures that it would take forever to post them all here. It's hard to select just a few.もっと詳しく
Sistine Chapel
2015年10月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
The Sistine Chapel absolutely took our breath away! The beauty of it was beyond words. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures, but I did get a couple from the doorway right before weもっと詳しく
St. Peter's Basilica
2015年10月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Beautiful church inside and out!
St. Peter's Basilica
2015年10月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
More beauty...
St. Peter's Square
2015年10月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
This is where the Pope addresses the crowds. There is a big gathering they're getting ready for, sp there are thousands of folding chairs set up. The area is huge!
Colosseum
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
This was quite an architectural wonder! The manpower it must have taken to build these structures centuries ago is hard to imagine.
Colosseum
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Our tour guide for the day was wonderful, but her Italian accent and mispronunciation of some English words made understanding her sometimes a challenge. We followed her green scarf through the crowdsもっと詳しく
Colosseum
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Great views from the upper level. There used to be a wooden floor covering the area you see today - which is where the animals they fought were kept. They covered the floor with sand to soak up theもっと詳しく
Arch of Titus
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
This arch was built in 70 A.D. After the Romans defeated the Israelites and destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. They brought 50,000 Israelites back to Rome as slaves and made them build this arch andもっと詳しく
The Roman Forum
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Lots of stone remnants of the ancient heart of Rome where laws were passed and other important Roman activities occurred.
Basilica of Saint Paul
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
One of the most significant and powerful visits of our trip. It was the Bible coming alive. This church contains the tomb of St. Paul.
Basilica of Saint Paul
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The inside of this church was spectacular!
Tomb of Saint Paul
2015年10月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
This is St. Paul's tomb. The chain is the one used on him in the Roman prison. Amazing!
Romantic evening
2015年10月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
We had a wonderful, relaxing evening. Suzanne shopped for beautiful scarves in an open air market on a piazza. Then some wine, bread and cheese at a street cafe, followed by dessert and coffee at aもっと詳しく
Chiesa di S. Ignasio di Loyola
2015年10月17日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 55 °F
We walked into this random church on a dise street. It wasn't listed in our guidebook or any tour map. What a spectacular church. I can't imagine how many other churches are like this throughout Romeもっと詳しく
Morning run in Rome
2015年10月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
A perfect morning for a run. 3.8 miles along the Tiber River and through the city.
Walking tour around Rome
2015年10月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We took a leisurely walk around Rome seeing random sights and neighborhoods. Had a very relaxing lunch at a sidewalk cafe. Here are various things we saw.
Walking tour around Rome
2015年10月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
More random sights on our walk.
The Pantheon
2015年10月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Roman building whose dome inspired many famous buildings, including the U.S. Capitol. The couple were pickpockets. He would steal and then seemed to drop things in her bag.
Leaving Rome
2015年10月18日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
At Termini train station leaving Rome. Next stop - Venice!
A Venice boat ride to the hotel
2015年10月18日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
What a unique place! We enjoyed a boat ride from the train station to our hotel on the Grand Canal. We actually stepped from the boat directly into the hotel.
Afternoon stroll around Venice
2015年10月18日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
After we checked in to our room, we then just strolled around down narrow streets, over bridges, and through St. Mark's Square.










































































































































