Wednesday 2 June 2010

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Rome, May 2010

The Colosseum - Flavian amphitheatre completed 80AD under Emperor Titus
Piazza Navona - Fountain of Neptune by Antonio Della Bitta 1878
The Pantheon - temple of all the gods - 126AD
Tre Scalini at Piazza Navona - Scrumptious pasta
View after climbing the 138 steps of The Spanish Steps
Original Caffe Latte
Street art
Tre Scalini waiters
The Pantheon at night
The Trevi Fountain - I threw a coin for all of us but wasn't allowed to do a "Dolce Vita"
Sunday morning stroll along the river Tiber
View of St. Peter's Basilica from the river Tiber
St. Peter's Basilica
Nuns in St. Peter's Basilica
The line to get in to the Vatican Museum
Raphael's School of Athens 1511
Michelangelo's Creation of Adam inside the Sistine Chapel - NO PHOTOS ALLOWED heeheehee
Anti Pasti
View of the Alps flying back from Rome

I love Rome. 
L.O.V.E.

15 comments:

  1. Ohhh, I loved Rome. Your pictures brought me back to my trip! I am glad that you had fun!

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  2. What beautiful pictures!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

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  3. Oh, so lovely!! I need to get to Rome one of these days! I've done western and central Europe but never southern or scandinavia. Must, must go to both soon! Glad you had a great time!

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  4. This is beyond beautiful! Hope you had a fantastic time!

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  5. Awesome awesome shots. But you know the food ones make me wanna jump through the monitor man, my goodness YUM! xoxxo

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  6. Thank you for sharing those gorgeous pics!

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  7. Beautiful. I just love Italy. Especially the food...YUM!

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  8. Yummy pics! What a great weekend! So jealous! I love Rome, too! I love all the Bernini statures and fountains. I love the gelato, too!

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  9. Beautiful pics and yummy looking food! I hope you had a great time. :)

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  10. Wow. Just wow. How can you LEAVE that?

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  11. Oh wow!!!!! Just wow!!!!!!
    I feel like I was there...those pics are just glorious!!!! So glad you had such a beautiful weekend in such a beautiful place.
    SMOOCH

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  12. Simply GORGEOUS! Looks like you had a wonderful trip! I've never been to Italy, but someday...

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  13. BEAUTIFUL! Rome is definitely on my list of places to visit before I die.

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  14. Oh my gosh those pics are just wonderful! Some day I hope to visit. That pasta looks delicious and I love the sneak pic. haha You go girl! :)

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  15. Wonderful photos - looks like you had a fantastic trip, and they brought back great memories for me too. x

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