 | Officially our adventure started at Newark Airport. We landed in Rome at 7:30 AM on Monday and forced ourselves to stay awake most of that day. |
 | The Spanish Steps are one of the most busy tourist places in Rome. At just about any time of the day, there are 100s of people just hanging out. |
 | Another very popular tourist hangout is Trevi Fountain. Built in only 1762, it is one of Rome's newer additions to the "must see" stops. It is only a 2 block walk to the best gelato (ice cream) in Rome. |
 | One of my favorite places to visit was the Roman Colosseum. It was built in 80 AD and was the home to many centuries of Roman entertainment, including Gladiator fights. |
 | View from inside the Colosseum. You can see the tunnels and cages staged beneath the main stage. |
 | A short walk from the Colosseum is the ruins of the Roman Forum. This place was the center of Ancient Roma and the home of the Roman Senate. |
 | Another very impressive old building is The Pantheon. This building was built sometime around 118 AD and is the home of Raphael's tomb. |
 | Rome is filled with dozens of plazas, which essentially are the neighborhood town squares. My favorite was Piazza Navona because of the stunning architecture and cafes. |
 | Rome is also home of St Peter's Square. This is the home of the Catholic Church and the Pope. |
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Roman summer vacation
As promised, I wanted to share some of my pictures from the family vacation from last week in Rome. Rather than just put generic photos of the hot spots that you can find anywhere on the internet, I decided to add a little flair to make my photos stand out. Needless to say, my son and I got some pretty strange looks from the local Roman citizens and other tourists whenever the winged helmet got pulled out.
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Great pictures. Weird prop.
Now if you could have gotten the Pope to wear the helmet... Who knows what that could have done for next years season!
I am sooooo impressed that your wife let you bring the M helmet along.
I know your wife. (and like and respect her a bunch)
Like I said, I'm REALLY impressed she put up with your shenanigans!!!!
you sir are brilliant! better than the traveling elf!!
I asked her before I packed it, at the time she agreed -- and that was all I needed. I don't think she understood the extent in which we would use it. Yes, she was embarrassed most of the time.
I considered bringing my "Bo" bobble-head -- but I thought that might be a little creepy. I wish I had a RR bobblehead.
The pictures are nice but I wish you would have focused on the thing instead of the helmet.
Don't worry Mik. I took plenty of pictures of stuff without the helmet (almost 2000 total shots).
I will add a link to the gallery in the buffet when I am done editing.
Awesome. It is one of those places I must visit before I'm too old to enjoy it.
Damn you Andy. Get back on that plane and don't come back without Daniella.
No, the helmet is okay. Just wish you would have left that out of focus and the other stuff in focus. (Or use a higher f-stop) but I guess it's okay the other way too.
unadulterated Michigan helmet >>>>>>>>> anything ;-)
Totally awesome Andy! I love the helmet (in focus) with Rome in the background! Nicely done! Thank you for sharing!
A Gamecock once told me that a Degree from Michigan could take you naywhere in the world. Andy has proven her right.
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