 Tiber River with Castel Sant' Angelo at left rear |
 Ryan in the Piazza del Popolo |
 Streetside breakfast outside our hotel |
 Outdoor dining |
 Trevi Fountain |
 Roman Forum |
 Roman Forum-The Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, erected in AD 203 |
 Roman Forum-Temple of Castor and Pollux with Palatine Hill in rear |
 Arch of Constantine with Colosseum on right |
 Ruins of the Palatine where the rulers of ancient Rome lived |
 Ryan and Shawn in the Colosseum |
 Mike and Jane in the Colosseum |
 The Coluseum's interior |
 Via Condotti-a main shopping area |
 Caravaggio's "Crucifiction of Peter" and Annibale's "Assumption" in Santa Maria del Popolo church |
 Neighborhood where Ryan attended school |
 Crowded Spanish Steps |
 Shawn and his Ferrari 308 |
 Line to get into the Vatican Museum was over 1/2 mile long! |
 Vatican Museum's Gallery of Maps |
 Beautiful art on the ceiling |
 Raphael's "School of Athens" in the Vatican Museum |
 Spiral staircase in the Vatican Museum |
 Swiss Guards |
 St. Peter's Basilica |
 Jane filling her water bottle at a fountain in St. Peter's square-yes you can drink the water! |
 The crowd of pilgrims in St. Peter's square waiting for the pope's blessing |
 Virgin Mary painting overlooking St. Peter's square |
 Group of nuns waiting for the pope's blessing |
 Ryan and Jane waiting for the pope to appear in the window above them |
 Pope Benedict XVI at his Sunday blessing in the papal apartment above St. Peter's square |
 Pope Benedict XVI blessing the crowd below |
 Pope Benedict XVI waves goodbye to the crowd |
 St. Peter's Basilica |
 Swiss guards outside St. Peter's |
 Michelangelo's Pieta |
 Tomb of Pope John XXIII in St. Peter's |
 Interior of St. Peter's dome by Michelangelo |
 Papal altar with tomb of St. Peter below |
 Mosaic in St. Peter's Basilica |
 Inside St. Peter's Basilica |
 Tomb of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica |
 St. Peter's square |
 Mass in St. Peter's-Archbishop Jose Gomez from San Antonio |
 Archbishop Gomez giving homily |
 Inside St. Peter's |
 Ryan in front of the Pantheon-built in 124 AD |
 Ryan in Piazza della Rotunda |
 Shawn ready for dinner in the Piazza |
 Fountain in front of the Pantheon |
 VENICE-The Grand Canal |
 St. Mark's square |
 Venetian carnival masks |
 Gondolas on the Grand Canal |
 One of the many quiet side canals |
 Venetian canal |
 Fancy gondola |
 Colorful side canal |
 Gondoleer at work |
 Ready for our gondola ride in front of our hotel |
 Moving through the canal |
 Our Gondoleer |
 Santa Maria d. Salute across the canal from St. Marks square |
 Open air vegetable market |
 Venetian canal |
 Glassblower on the island of Murano-famous for its glass |
 Water bus coming to Murano |
 Fishing village of Burano |
 Colorful buildings on the island of Burano |
 Burano-a fishing village near Venice |