Trip to Rome

ROMA - ROME

One of the last places we went to while Kjerstin was still here was Rome. It was nice to see it again after not having been there for a few years.

Here are some of the places that we went while there.

Below is the Fontana di Trevi or Trevi's Fountain-

Here it is again when we went back at night-

Of course one of the next things that I need to post pictures of is the Colosseo or Colosseum, it was one of the last things we saw before dark but I am kind of putting things in random order and not the order that we went to them. The picture directly below is actually huge of the Colosseum if you click on it-

Below you can see the area underneath the arena floor where they would send the animals or people up from on elevators or even change the scenery from below by creating hills or trees etc that would pop up out of the floor-

And here you can see how the floor covered up the underground passages-

Before heading to the Colosseum we went and saw all the ruins nearby and the Prison where Peter and Paul where imprisoned in Rome and tied to the Pillar shown below-

And here is a shot of the prison from the outside. It has now been turned into a type of memorial to Peter and Paul as they are both believed to have been martyred in Rome-

Ruins near the prison-


Other memorable places that can't be left out of this blog from our trip to Rome are:

Sistine Chapel-

Other parts of the Museum of the Vatican which also contains the Sistine Chapel-

The Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna-

Night shot of the Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna-

The Vatican-

Castel Sant'angelo-


Piazza Venezia-


My sister Kjerstin and then Me in the pics below still at Piazza Venezia-

MEMORY from trip to Rome with Alessandra in December 2004-Taken in front of the same fountain as the one above-


Night shot of the Altare della Patria in Piazza Venezia

Bocca della Verita' - The mouth of Truth below - if you stick your hand in it and tell a lie then you can't get your hand back out-

Still got a few more places to post from my time off in August for the Holidays in Italy that I will have to get posted in the next few days.