and 14 hours train ride later, I arrived Roma. with limited italian, I did well mingling with the locals...although no one seemed to care cos all the Polish (among other races) were all there to see the dead pope...what timing!!!!....Vatican City in april 2005 would be the most solemn place anyone can ever be in....Pope John Paul II....R.I.P.
Colosseum
Me in the Colosseum
In the Colosseum
The Underground of the Colosseum
Ruins of buildings....
more ruins...
and more ruins.....
Some gate in Imperial Forum
Me with View of Rome
Imperial Forum
an Old Church
Palantine Gardens Entrance
Gardens with Colosseum
View of Imperial Forum
Kids playing cards....
Inside Sant'Andrea della Valle
more of the church....
Piazza Navona
Pantheon
Inside Pantheon
Pillars of Pantheon n Piazza Rotonda
Inside Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
Trevi Fountain
Colosseum at Night
Night time at Imperial Forum
6 a.m. queuing in Vatican to see the Pope
St. Peter's Basilica
so so many reporters....
View of River n Queue
St. Peter's Basilica and queue on the right...I was there for 5 hours
Spanish Steps
Funky Restaurant in Rome
Me n Sophia....
random guy dancing on a table in the middle of our meal