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| A "cat lady" & film vendor feeds her many charges at the Colosseum |
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| The inside of an arch |
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| Ignazio, Carl, Steve and Brian at the ruins of the Forum |
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| Ignazio, Carl, Steve Brian and Chris at the ruins of the Forum |
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| Carl leans waay back for a picture as Steve "helps" |
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| Departing the Forum |
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| Mark just outside the Forum |
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| Our guild speaks while Steve and Mark look on in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. |
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| A few of the 140 statues that line the top of the collonade |
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| Detail of the floor in St. Peters. |
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| Kelly look at some of the hundreds of holy medallions available in the Vatican gift shop. |
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| The ceiling of St. Peters causes you to life you eyes frequently. |
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| Looking down into the Tomb of St Peter. |
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| It was cold enough for the horses of the Vatican to need ear-warmers. |
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| Skyline of Vatican City as a logo. |
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| A good-natured group waits for the bus |
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| The gellato store we found too late! |
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| Liz, Steve, Dayna, Carl, Sandra, Clarissa, and the right side of Chris's face at the Spanish Steps. |
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| This is where we were charged by traffic. |
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| Piazza Venizia |
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| Waiting for the bus after a long day of walking in Rome. |
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| Waiting for the bus after a long day of walking in Rome. |
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| Steve snaps a shot outside the Colosseum |
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| Gladiators at the Colosseum! |
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| Gladiators at the Colosseum! |
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| Brian, Steve and Allison at the Arch of Constantine |
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| Steve gets a little sunglare help from Carl and Kelly. |
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| Kelly contemplates 2000 years |
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| Sandra at the Arch of Titus |
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| Liz and Steve hanging out at the Roman Forum |
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| Dayna soaks in history, while Chris tries to capture it in a little cardboard box |
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| Our companions from Kansas in front of the Tample of Antoninus and Faustina, at the Forum Romanum. I know the one on the right is Paige. |
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| In St Peter's |
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| Our group listens to the guide |
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| Monty Schreiner (the chaperone from Maize, Kansas) and Dayna in St. Peter's |
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| Right below the Dome of St Peter's there are words. The letters are 6 ft. high. Below those you can see Bernini's Papal altar and through it the stained glass holy spirit (a dove). |
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| The Chair of St Peter (also by Bernini) with the Holy Sprit above. |
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| You can see that the Holy Spirit is a dove here. |
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| Death comes for one of the popes. The blanket is made of marble! |
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| Death comes for one of the popes. |
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| Clarissa in front of Bernini's Papal altar. It's 95 feet high! |
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| Back in St Peter's square. |
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| In from of the obelisk at the center of St. Peter's Square. |
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| A marble face. One of the thousands of peices of art you whiz past on the way to the Sistine Chapel. |
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| A marble face. One of the thousands of peices of art you whiz past on the way to the Sistine Chapel. |
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| There' s a long hall to get to the SIstene Chapel. I felt this ceiling to be even more spectacular than the Chapel's. It really is as long as it looks. |
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| There' s a long hall to get to the SIstene Chapel. I felt this ceiling to be even more spectacular than the Chapel's. It really is as long as it looks. |
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| The detail on the ceiling is amazing. |
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| We saw of these Roman snarling faces around Rome. |
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| Jessie does wonderful impressions. |
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| I love maps. I think this one is Rome. |
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| This was the working on the same map. |
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| Detail of a tapestry on display. |
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| Taking soil plug samples in the Vatican. |
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| Our exchange rate was pretty good. |
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| At the top of the Spanish Steps. |
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| John Keats died in the apartment in the right of this photo. These are the famous Spanish Steps. A popular gathering place. |
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| The fountain at the Pantheon |
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| The fountain at the Pantheon |
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| Ignazio, our guide |
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