Monday, March 28, 2011

ROMA- LA CITTA 'ETERNA

LAURA AND JACQUI AT THE SPANISH STEPS- PIAZZA DE SPAGNA

SWISS GUARDS AT ST PETER'S  BASILICA

LA PIETA - words cannot describe

INSIDE ST PETER'S BASILICA - MARBLE MARBLE AND MORE MARBLE

And his light shined upon them

THE MAIN ALTAR

THE MOLDING IS ALMOST AS HIGH AS LAURA AND JACQUI

THE SQUARE OF ST PETER'S BASILICA

COLOSSEO- legend has it as long as the Colosseum stands, Rome will stand

ALL'INTERNO DEL COLOSSEO

80 AD

ROMAN FORUM - 500 BC TO AD400

PIAZZA NAVONA

THE PANTHEON - REBUILT IN 100AD  BY EMPEROR HADRIAN- 141 FEET HIGH BY 141 FEET WIDE WHICH HAD THE LARGEST DOME EVER DESIGNED UNTIL THE 20TH CENTURY

INSIDE THE PANTHEON

LA LUCE SPLENDENTE

JACQUI SMILING WHILE LAURA IS TAKING PICUTRES

FUORI DEL PANTHEON

FONTANA DI TREVI 







LIFE IS A PIAZZA -  for Italians, la piazza serves as a punto d'incontro- a meeting place - for dinner plans, drinks, people-watching,catching up with friends and, as Romans would say, exchanging due chiacchiere (two words). As dinner approaches at 9, the big question is : Are you "in" or "out"(inside table or outside table). No matter: the people watching is unrivaled anywhere you sit.

1 comment:

  1. Amazing!!! I hope you are having so much fun!!!

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