More of Rome

May 2, 2008 Rome, Italy

Colosseum
This was probably our favorite place to visit. I is amazing to see the tunnels that were under the floor or the Colosseum. They had places under there to keep animals and to move around as needed. The place is huge! Ty and Rach loved it so much that they got a book about it and even now they make the Colosseum out of blocks and get their horses and gladiators out to play with.

Roman Forum

This was next to the Colosseum. I'll have to say that I had no idea what this was before we got there, but it was awesome! It covers a large area and is where Caesar's house and other important buildings were long ago. There are parts of many grand buildings. It would have been fun to see what it used to look like.

The Pantheon

After the Forum, we made our way by bus to The Pantheon. I loved this building. On the inside, the tile, the paintings, the ceiling are still in such good shape. I can't believe that something so old can still look like it does.

Our last stop that day was Trevi Fountain. Apparently, this fountain is in some movies??? After we finished with this site, we ended our tour with a yummy Gelato, which turned out to be a habit every night while we were there. Sooo Good!

Italy and Switzerland - Finally!

I finally decided to try this thing out. No one is here to help me, so I'll just have to try it.

The only pictures I have on my computer are the ones of our Italy/Switzerland trip. Gary has the rest on his computer, so we'll get some more later.

May 1, 2008

First stop was Rome - The Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica. It was a Holiday, so The Sistine Chapel was closed. We saw the tomb where supposedly Peter was buried.

After that, we went to the catacombs. That was very interesting even to the kids.