Here are some photos from our trip to Italy in Summer 2007.
Roma Tre university
Ljudmila in front of Piramide
The tightrope walkers of Colosseo
Ljudmila, preparing to take on lions and gladiators :)
Outside the colosseum.
Jason, inside the colosseum (with a silly fanny pack)
The view from the colosseum
Never try to pet a lion's teeth :0
Jason in the forum (a funny thing happened on the way there . . .)
Of course, the crosses in Rome are built taller than the ruins.
A Roman emblem
The steps of Vittoriano
Tomb of the unknown sodier in Vittoriano
Ljudmila in front of the Fontana di Trevi (too many people
around for her to take a swim)
Neptune's Triton with the docile seahorse (representing calm seas)
A Roman column
The Pantheon (now a Catholic church)
The altar of the Pantheon
Bernini's Elefantino supports an Egyptian obelisk.
Campo de' Fiore
The statues of San Pietro's square
The emblem of Rome: Romulus and Remus suckling from a wolf
Basilica San Pietro
One of the statues of the Bridge of Angels, Ponte Sant' Angelo
My angel on the Bridge of Angels, in front of Castel Sant'
Angelo (with some gelato on the corner of her mouth :)
Ljudmila poses in front of the Barcaccia, the sinking ship
St. Peter's cathedral
A clock in St. Peter's
The ceiling of Basilica San Pietro
Michelangelo's Pieta
Michelangelo's dome in Basilica San Pietro
The window above the baldacchino
Jason and the cherubs
The Swiss guards
Ljudmila in front of the fountain in St. Peter's
Circus Maximus. Where's P. T. Barnum?
Ljudmila in Roseto with . . . Damiano! On his shirt is the
famous Roman emperor, Donaldus Duckus.
Ljudmila and Jason (dude, cut back on the pasta!)
For Constitution Day, there was a parade and planes streamed
Italy's colors across the sky.
The view from Aventino
The secret view of Basilica San Pietro
Bocca della Verita, the mouth of truth
Trastevere
A cioccolata shop in Trastevere
A giant chocolate egg, fit for the Roman gods
A tiny red car, fit for a Roman four-year-old (who probably
drives better than most Roman adults :)
Piazza del Popolo and il Tridente, the "trident" of roads
The obelisk of Rameses II in Piazza del Popolo
Piazza Duomo (the church square) in Trento
Torre Civico in Trento
Case Relles frescoes in Trento
Statue of Dante Alighieri in Trento
Sunset in Trento
Ljudmila in Levico Terme
Jason on a garden path. Can you spot the sunflower in the watercan?
Bakery window. How many items can you spot?
A house for an elf in Levico Terme
A hungry kid in Levico Terme