Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Rome and Pompeii

"Hotel New Inn"

The Colosseum!




There are still lions in the Colosseum, they're just smaller.



Joanna and I at the Colosseum.

Ada and Joanna at the Colosseum.








Busy man, lots of calls.




The worst and most annoying job, carrying billboards on your back down a crowded street.

The Trevi Fountain!



Joanna.

Ada.


Tossing my coin in to return again one day.

The Spanish Steps are a bunch of stairs.

We went to an awesome family style restaurant.




Our free "breakfast", they love their chocolate.

There were Santas everywhere trying break in.


Pieta by Michelangelo.

Standing with Pieta in the Vatican Basilica.



Every inch of the Vatican is decorated.




Ornate floors.

Beautiful marble.

Nativity scene in the Vatican.

Guards outside the Vatican.


In the Vatican Museum.



Terrifying statue with eyes!

Odd statue.

Giant tapestry. 



"School of Athens" by Raphael.  

Naples fort.

Pompeii theatre, white marble stones are the original seats.

First known graffiti, this is a solider.


Bumpy streets with worn in wheel tracks that have since been scrambled because of earthquakes.


An original oven.


This guy was running away when he was buried in ash.


A shop where they would have sold wine out of the hole in the counter.

Ada and Joanna in Pompeii.



Some people still had with pieces of bone.



Ada found some original lego.

Me in Pompeii.





So sad, this stray dog was rubbing its head against my leg.


Tiramisu. 


Pantheon.



The "Christmas Witch" was everywhere at the Christmas market.  
Apparently if you're good she'll put things in your shoes.

And of course Santa was at the Christmas market.