Rome in four days!

Rome, as with all of the ancient places we visited, was amazing.  As we traveled through the city there were ancient buildings next to modern day.  There was also a lot of graffiti along the streets.  In fact, several of the mainland cities had a lot of graffiti.  However, it seems the graffiti was only on the newer buildings.  Do the ancient works garner more respect? Or maybe they were cleaned more often...


We used public transportation to get around to the various sights.  It was actually very easy.  Our hotel was away from the main tourist locations but we had buses that went directly to every one of them.

And then there was the food.  Oh My Gosh.  It was wonderful.  We had pasta, pizza, seafood and of course tomato and mozzarella whenever we had the chance.  :D

Below are some of the photos taken while we were on our own. 

There are water fountains, gorgeous by the way, everywhere.  No Roman will be without water.  

 

We never did figure out what this is.  

 Back of the Pantheon

 Just an example of the buildings you see everywhere.  They are normally 4 stories tall and the streets very narrow.  It is hard to get around without a map as well as a little bit of Italian to be able to ask directions.  It is difficult to see very far to get a bearing on what direction you are going or find a landmark for reference. The people were very nice and helped us whenever we were lost.

 This is the way to do street signs.

Elephant base of an obelisk.  There is actually a tour to see all of the church obelisks. We happened by this one while walking to the Pantheon.

 

Here is the foot of the Goddess Isis.  If I remember right, the rest of her is in the British Museum.  Not sure though.

 Of course, the Trevi Fountain.  I was very disappointed it is still being restored.  So much of Rome is.  But it is still beautiful.

Next to the Colosseum!