Tiber River with Castel Sant' Angelo at left rear |
Ryan in the Piazza del Popolo |
Streetside breakfast outside our hotel |
Outdoor dining |
Trevi Fountain |
Roman Forum |
Roman Forum-The Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, erected in AD 203 |
Roman Forum-Temple of Castor and Pollux with Palatine Hill in rear |
Arch of Constantine with Colosseum on right |
Ruins of the Palatine where the rulers of ancient Rome lived |
Ryan and Shawn in the Colosseum |
Mike and Jane in the Colosseum |
The Coluseum's interior |
Via Condotti-a main shopping area |
Caravaggio's "Crucifiction of Peter" and Annibale's "Assumption" in Santa Maria del Popolo church |
Neighborhood where Ryan attended school |
Crowded Spanish Steps |
Shawn and his Ferrari 308 |
Line to get into the Vatican Museum was over 1/2 mile long! |
Vatican Museum's Gallery of Maps |
Beautiful art on the ceiling |
Raphael's "School of Athens" in the Vatican Museum |
Spiral staircase in the Vatican Museum |
Swiss Guards |
St. Peter's Basilica |
Jane filling her water bottle at a fountain in St. Peter's square-yes you can drink the water! |
The crowd of pilgrims in St. Peter's square waiting for the pope's blessing |
Virgin Mary painting overlooking St. Peter's square |
Group of nuns waiting for the pope's blessing |
Ryan and Jane waiting for the pope to appear in the window above them |
Pope Benedict XVI at his Sunday blessing in the papal apartment above St. Peter's square |
Pope Benedict XVI blessing the crowd below |
Pope Benedict XVI waves goodbye to the crowd |
St. Peter's Basilica |
Swiss guards outside St. Peter's |
Michelangelo's Pieta |
Tomb of Pope John XXIII in St. Peter's |
Interior of St. Peter's dome by Michelangelo |
Papal altar with tomb of St. Peter below |
Mosaic in St. Peter's Basilica |
Inside St. Peter's Basilica |
Tomb of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica |
St. Peter's square |
Mass in St. Peter's-Archbishop Jose Gomez from San Antonio |
Archbishop Gomez giving homily |
Inside St. Peter's |
Ryan in front of the Pantheon-built in 124 AD |
Ryan in Piazza della Rotunda |
Shawn ready for dinner in the Piazza |
Fountain in front of the Pantheon |
VENICE-The Grand Canal |
St. Mark's square |
Venetian carnival masks |
Gondolas on the Grand Canal |
One of the many quiet side canals |
Venetian canal |
Fancy gondola |
Colorful side canal |
Gondoleer at work |
Ready for our gondola ride in front of our hotel |
Moving through the canal |
Our Gondoleer |
Santa Maria d. Salute across the canal from St. Marks square |
Open air vegetable market |
Venetian canal |
Glassblower on the island of Murano-famous for its glass |
Water bus coming to Murano |
Fishing village of Burano |
Colorful buildings on the island of Burano |
Burano-a fishing village near Venice |