Pictures: Rome

First picture of the entire trip. We went out of our hostel, walked for about 5 minutes and then...lo and behold! Ruins.

Piazza del Popolo. I restrained my touristy-ness and didn't actually get on the lion spewing water.

The Pantheon. Very large. We found that Romans really like their monuments big.

Fun little fountain outside the Pantheon.

Cool ceiling of the same building.

The altar.

First gelato experience. I believe the flavors that night were chocolate, hazelnut and nutella. Delicious. I look slightly crazy because at this point I hadn't slept in a day. That will make you look ridiculous.

The Trevi fountain. We had gone to it during the night before, but couldn't really take good pictures. And it was ridiculously crowded. So we decided to return the next day.

I'm going back to Rome! It was actually still ridiculously crowded the next day, but I managed to shove people out of my way to get this picture (not really, people were pretty good about taking turns)

My first travel buddy, the lovely Felicia, and I at the fountain.

Bernini, in some church. The first (and definitely not last) of many dead famous people seen throughout the trip.

This spot was just marked "sacred area" on our map. We walked by in multiple times. I really liked it because it is now inhabited by cats.

(Photo courtesy of Felicia) The Cappuchin crypt. We couldn't take pictures inside, though, which was a disappointment because it was CRAZY. Piles and piles of dead monks bones artfully decorating the rooms.

Santa Maria in Trastavere. Apparently Vicky lived three blocks from here. I just thought it was a cool little area (although Rick Steves described it as slightly seedy)

The River Tiber at Night

The Colosseum. Massive and fantastic. I kept having scenes from Gladiator run through my head when I was there.

FAB and I and the Arch of Constantine (outside the Colosseum)

Where Julius Caesar's body was burned. People still leave flowers.

Me. Inside the Colosseum. Heck yeah.

Moving on to Vatican City...

...along with half the population of the world. All waiting in line to get to the Vatican Musuem. It was a long wait.

Inside St. Peter's Basilica. This place was huge. And I mean huge. And you don't even know how huge it is because it was architecturally designed to look less huge from the inside.

The thorn of England piercing the foot of truth. Needless to say, the Catholics weren't so pleased when Henry VIII started the Church of England.

Outside St. Peter's post our tour. Looking at the sky you wouldn't guess that we had to run through the rain to get from the Vatican musuem to lunch and then wait it out before returning to St. Peter's.

(Photo courtesy of Felicia) Two other travel buddies. Stephen, me, and Matt.

One last stolen picture from Felicia. Matt, myself, Felicia and Steve with the cool priest who let us hop on his personal tour of St. Peter's.