One of the most magnificent walking cities in the world. Rome oozes history, movements, great food, and atmosphere.
Heading to Rome
The Alps on the flight from Paris to Rome
Turtle'ing to my hotel
Marcus Aurelius
Chestnuts in December in front of the Spanish Steps.
Fountain in the Piazza Navona
Trevi Fountain showing typical crowd
Trevi Fountain
The Spanish Steps
The Forum
Caesar watching over the Forum
Trees at the Forum
Trajan's Forum
Trajan's Forum
In the Forum
Fountains and pools in the Forum
Old and new monuments
The best sandwich shop in Trastevere
Suppli
Walking in the Jewish Quarter after a shower
Leaves still falling in December
The Tiber on a moody day
Vatican Museum stairs looking up
Vatican Museum stairs
Ready to open the Vatican Museum for the day
Opening the Sistine Chapel for the day
In the Sistine Chapel after opening it
Vatican Museum Hall of Maps
Vatican Museum
The Torso, Michelangelo's teacher
Brilliant pasta shop by the Spanish Steps
The Colosseum
Touring the Colosseum
Inside the Colosseum
Inside the Colosseum with original seating behind me
Constantine's Arch from the Colosseum
Close up of the reliefs on Trajan's Column
Statue details in the Imperial Forum
2,000 years and counting, still in use
The Tiber at sunset
Decorating the tree with a crane
Vatican doors
Inside the doors of St Peters
St Peter's from inside the doors
St Peters above the alter
St Peter
St Peter's dome from the Vatican Museum before sunrise
Swiss guards
Bookshop and cafe combo on the Tiber
Making the fuel
Italian fuel
The Parthenon
The Parthenon dome