May 3, 2005

Highlights from Italy

Category: Adventures Abroad

I just returned from a 9-day vacation in Italy. It was a tour with 30 people through Rome, Florence, and Venice. Here's a few photo highlights, I'll have more from each city over the next week or two.

Here I am at St. Peter's Square in Rome following our tour of the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's.

[image: me at St. Peter's Square]

Here's the view of the floor of the Colosseum. It's a pretty incredible place. I had no idea that the Colosseum is the same length and width of St. Peter's Bascilica.

[image: the view from the floor of the Colosseum]

Here I am at Italy's biggest tourist trap: Pisa. This place was an absolute circus of street vendors, pickpockets, tourists, and high school kids blowing off school for the afternoon.

[image: me holding up Pisa]

This is Santa Croce, one of Florence's many wonderful churches. The unique thing about the churches here is their white, green, and pink marble facades.

[image: Santa Croce]

This is me on the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice. As if you couldn't tell, I was very tired by this point of the tour.

[image: me on the Grand Canal in Venice]

Posted by alan at May 3, 2005 7:06 PM
Comments

Ooooo i'm so excited to see all of this. This is amazing! I hope you had fun. I hope you post all 364 pictures cuz i wanna see them all luv!

Snow

Posted by: Snow White at May 3, 2005 8:54 PM

It's been 13 (?!) year since I went to Italy. It was nice to look at these pictures...but now I want the food! ;)

Posted by: Marjorie at May 4, 2005 8:56 AM