At the airport, getting ready to go to San Francisco and then on to Rome!
Our first stop, San Francisco
Our trip and fIrst dinner in Rome! \240 Near Piazza Navona. \240
Piazza Navona
Cheers!!!!
Our our hotel window
On the ponto sisti looking at the Vatican
Our first dinner in Rome after walking around for what felt like hours. \240
Our hotel location
We did about 10 miles of walking today. We did a morning tour with a guide, starting at Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Teatro Argentina, \240a walk to the Jewish ghetto, the isola in the middle of the Tiber, then on to the Capitol Square, which included the capital building and the Palazzo Venecia, then moved onto \240the Roman forum, the Colosseum. \240Then the guy left, we went back took a nap, at our hotel near the piazza Navona, and then we walked to the piazza Colonna, the Trevi fountain, the Spanish steps, up by the Villa Borghese, around to Piazza \240Popolo, and then back to our hotel area where we had dinner and collapsed. \240
Temple in old Market
Arch of Titus
Piazza Venezia. \240Altar della Patria. \240
Piazza ColonnaS
Pantheon
Teatro Argentina
Piazza del Campidoglio. \240
Fountain of Trevi
Piazza Colonna
Flaminio Obelisk. \240
Inside the Colosseum
Piazza del Popolo
Spanish Steps
Roman Forum
Map of the Forum
Colosseum
Isola. \240Island in Tiber on Map
Where Juliet Caesar was cremated. \240
Looking at Constantine’s arch they the Colosse
Pantheon ”pan”
Roman baths back of Pantheon
Island in Tiber
Our second day we had a guided tour of Vatican.
I would have to say there’s a lot of history around why Vatican is what it is.
Christiananity, Popes and the Rise of Christianity while the Roman Kingdom collapsed.
At one point (450 AD) Rome had about 1.6 Million people. They we’re invaded and water supplied disrupted and the fell to about 50,000. That ushered in the Dark Ages.
Following the Dark Ages the Church emegeged as the Governance.
Popes we’re less Religious and more capitalist.
The ruins reflect great wealth and power.They also reflects the conciqience of over endelgence.
Today was a free day, no guides. It was also the first day we’ve had without clouds.
The last two days were guided and we kind of skipped over the Forum.
Today we spent about 4 hours revisiting it.
What we discovered was that it’s immense and overwhelming.
Italy/Rome has spent the last 100 years unlayering nearly 2500 years of Roman civilization. It rivals what Egypt has done. Maybe even grander based on the depth and scale that is available to the public.
I hope these pictures capture that.
Florence May 8-11