Rome and Pompeii

December 26 - 31, 2004


aa) Wurezburg Hbh- (train station).jpg
ab) Ryan and Stef at Munich Hbh.jpg
ac) Stef checks out the night train.jpg
ad) Our compartment- from the bottom up....jpg

ae) ...and from the top down.jpg
af) Anabelle scrambles down the ladder.jpg
ag) The Vittoriano at the foot of Capitol Hill.jpg
ah) Ben in front of one of the Vittoriano fountains.jpg

ai) Italy's Tomb of the Unkown soldier at the Vittoriano.jpg
aj) Piazza del Campidoglio.jpg
ak) A view of the Forum.jpg
al) Memorial where Julias Ceasar's body was burned.jpg

am) Temple of the Vestel Virgins.jpg
an) Mammertine Prison- where Peter was held in chains.jpg
ao) Constantine's Arch and the Coliseum.jpg
ap) Carvings from the Coliseum on display.jpg

aq) Inside the Coliseum.jpg
ar) Looking toward the Forum from the Coliseum.jpg
as) The Coliseum.jpg
at) The Coliseum again.jpg

av) Ryan, Stef, Annie & Ben in front of the Coliseum.jpg
aw) The chains that bound St. Peter.jpg
ax) Michaelangelo's Moses at the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains.jpg
ay) Anabelle finds a friend inside the Vatican museum.jpg

ay) Ben helps get the ball rolling.jpg
ba) What's with the creepy eyes on the statues.jpg
bb) Laocoon- read Homer's Illiad.jpg
bc) Sistine Chapel ceiling.jpg

bd) Ryan drinking wine in Vatican Museum cafeteria.jpg
be) Anabelle mailing postcards at the Vatican.jpg
bf) The piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.jpg
bg) Anabelle in the piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.jpg

bh) Inside the dome of St. Peter's Basilica- 130m high.jpg
bi) These columns are from Solomon's temple.jpg
bk) The main altar beneath the canopy-.jpg
bl) St. Peter's tomb- under the main altar.jpg

bm) This spot marks where Peter was crucified.jpg
bn) This marks the spot where Charlemagne was crowned.jpg
bo) Michaelangelo's Pieta.jpg
bp) View of Rome from teh top of St. Peter's.jpg

bq) View of St. Peter's across the Tiber.jpg
br) Gelato!.jpg
bs) The Panteon at night.jpg
bt) Trevi Fountain at night.jpg

bu) Gordon and Em about to enjoy a tasty Italian meal.jpg
bz) Anabelle- world traveler.jpg
ca) Oranges and lemons for sale!.jpg
cb) Fresh orange juice in Pompeii! Yumm!.jpg

cc) Stef, Ryan and the kids in Pompeii- Mt. Vesuvius in the background.jpg
cd) Ancient fast food restaurant.jpg
ce) Ancient street- look at those wagon wheel ruts!.jpg
cf) Ruins in Pompeii.jpg

cg) More ruins in Pompeii.jpg
ch) Mosiac in a Pompeiian house.jpg
ci) Mosaic of a dog.jpg
cj) One of the amazing frescos that has survived.jpg

ck) More frescos.jpg
cl) Bodies in the Garden of Fugitives.jpg
cm) Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius.jpg
cn) Mt. Vesuvius explodes December 2004!.jpg

co) Entry into the Hause of the Faun.jpg
cp) In Naples watching our pizza bake.jpg
cq) Eating authentic pizza Napoli on the train back to Rome.jpg
cr) Anabelle learns to read- A is for Absinth.jpg

cs) Our hotel.jpg
ct) You can never eat too much gelato!.jpg
cu) tossing coins into Trevi Fountain.jpg
cv) Agrippa's name marks the Pantheon.jpg

cw) Pigeon on fountain outside Pantheon.jpg
cx) The Pantheon.jpg
cz) A view of the Pantheon.jpg
da) There is not much that can be said about gelato other than YUM!.jpg

db) Em is backpacking across (Rome).jpg
dc) Breakfast on the train home.jpg