Glimpses of Rome and Thoughts of Home

On our last day in Italy, we saw as much of Rome as we could see.

Roman Colosseum and Forum

The Forum was a city center for commerce, religion, politics, administration and social life.

The Vatican Museums hold objects, of course, but they are themselves works of art.

Maybe it was our inability to take in St. Peter’s Basilica, but the thing we commented about the most was the stairs.

We left one incredible Italian city for another.

Anyone who recommends you visit a different city instead of Venice is daft.

Our friends drove us from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Venice, Italy and we began the next stage of our adventure.

Road trips are more fun when you stop for a meeting. Especially when you aren’t the one who has to be in the meeting.

I have something in common with Pope Pius II: we are both impressed with big trout.

This area was occupied by the Etruscans until their assimilation with Rome by 27 BCE.