Rome - Nov '12
When in Rome... erm... I mean, when in Italy... it would be rude not to visit Rome, so here we are.
A very pleasant few days of galleries and piazzas and lots of walking in between. That is despite the rather overcast and wet weather there was to contend with.
Annoyingly we lost a few shots from the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. Doh! Oh well... next time? 
Saturday 3 November 2012
'Serious' shot in the pillars surrounding St Peter's Square. From the curve you might gather, the 'square' is not
Saturday 3 November 2012
Passing St Peter's Square (we stayed in a hotel close by): Pratiwi showing the scale of the pillars that surround it.
Saturday 3 November 2012
In & around Piazza Navona at dusk. A little sightseeing, a little snack. I have to admit to rather enjoying it here.
Sunday 4 November 2012
Pretty grey day in Rome. Seems to warrant some B&W shots as we walk from Piazza del Popolo to the Spanish Steps.
Sunday 4 November 2012
Trinità dei Monti, top of the Spanish Steps: one of the more modest religious places we've seen here.
Sunday 4 November 2012
Lunch somewhere around the Spanish Steps. Meat balls & veggies & wine & coffee & cake. Someone enjoyed it
Sunday 4 November 2012
The lord's (paper)work is never done
Sunday 4 November 2012
Inside San Carlo al Corso. Compared to the grey day outside, somewhat of colour overload!
Monday 5 November 2012
Up at some ungodly hour to... um. Anyhow - they really should move all these chairs - they spoil the tourist snaps
Monday 5 November 2012
A quick look inside St Peter's Basilica. Started over 500 years ago & 120 years to complete. It's a bit big in here!
Monday 5 November 2012
Last time I was here you were able to walk up to this statue & touch it. Any ideas why they put a stop to that?
Monday 5 November 2012
Wondering round St Peter's? Don't forget to look up!
Monday 5 November 2012
Experience of climbing to top of this dome is worth it in itself. View from the top isn't bad either, even if cloudy.
Monday 5 November 2012
Back outside. Statues & Swiss Guard. Despite this being Italy. And the Swiss being a neutral country. Confused?
Monday 5 November 2012
Vatican Museum doesn't mind one taking pictures (except in the Sistine Chapel), so here's a few... erm... pictures
Monday 5 November 2012
Another place where looking up is a must. Imagine being an artist & told you only have the ceiling to work with!
Monday 5 November 2012
Lucky it wasn't busy, huh? The whole place was pretty much like this, and it's not even tourist season!
Monday 5 November 2012
Guided by the hand of god or not... don't think I'd be waving my umbrella this close to a priceless masterpiece!
Tuesday 6 November 2012
I seem to have 'lost' the photos from this morning at the Pantheon & Trevi Fountain 
Guess we need a refund on that coin in the latter
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Snaps from the Colosseum & walk down to Il Vittoriano. Great light later on, but hard to do either justice.
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Back in Piazza Navona around dusk.
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Our final Roman dinner (oops, pics when it's almost done), which we'll take in Piazza Navona & watch the world go by.
Tuesday 6 November 2012
On the way home, St Peter's by night. Handheld. At 1/8th. After a bottle of wine. With no VR! Goodnight Rome! 
