We left DFW at 4:30 on Sunday,
January 13, 2013 ~ our 40th Anniversary!
We arrived in Rome, Italy at 12:20 on Monday January 14th
with one stopover in Frankfurt
The view about 200 miles out from Rome.
Beautiful countryside
The drive into the city
Statue of Julius Caesar
Ruins are everywhere on our walk
Part of the Forum
Elwood can find a horse anywhere!
Bryan & Eraina at Colosseum
~originally built in 27BC and reconstructed around 120 AD
Jeff & Chandra At Colosseum
The bottom two layers were built first and then the top two layers were added
It held 50,000 people and the longest Trajan held a 117 killing spree that involved the heartless slaughter of 9,000 gladiators and 10,000 animals.
The Dressed up guards
Incredible!
Amazing doors
The trees are trimmed extremely high. They are everywhere.
Maybe it is done to not block any view and still give green!
The view from our hotel room.
The tall towers is the Pantheon
Inside the Pantheon
The "Wedding Cake"
The Trevi Fountain
Karin & Ryan, Erik & Yuriko on the Spanish Stairs
We did walk up them ~ the boys to the very top.
Uff da!
Our fabulous supper!
Meeting in the morning to go to the Vatican
The drive to the Vatican.
There are a lot of motorcycles that drive in between the lanes of traffic.
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