Visit to St. Peters Basilica

Here are some photos from mine and Casey's visit to St. Peters earlier this week.

At the base of the Cupola looking down into the alter area of St. Peters.

The inside of the dome of St. Peters 

No the camera is not tilted. When you climb to the top of the dome, the walls are actually slanted like this!

Train moving through the city

View of the Vatican Gardens from the top of the dome. 

pretty fountain in the gardens

Piazza di San Pietro

View of the Vatican museums from the top

Sarah and Casey at the top

statues of Christ and the Saints from the roof of the Basilica 

Sarah and Casey on the roof of the Basilica

Michelangelo's Pieta inside St. Peters

near St. Peters tomb

Bernini's famous twisting Baldacchino, which sits over the papal alter. 

Inside St. Peters looking back towards the entrance

Swiss Guards

St. Peters Basilica

Monks

Ciao Y'all! 

Trastevere Flea Market Part 2

As promised... more photos of what one can find at the Trastevere Flea Market

Italy & Roma T-shirts and sweatshirts

Costumes

Any kitchen appliance you might ever need

Beauty supplies (nail polish, makeup, etc)

Beading and other things to make jewelry

Antique sewing machines

Hand painted Italian toy cars from the 1950s

Knick-knacks of all types, colors, and uses

Modern paintings

Birds

And rabbits too!

Bangles

Any kind of fabric

Seashells

And leather purses

Ciao Y'all!

Gallery of Modern Art in Villa Borghese

some of the artwork one will find in the Gallery of Modern Art

Octopus drawn on the walls

Colorful painting from the Venice room. Casey and I both liked this one. 

Painting by Degas

a Monet

Giacomo Balla..."shot calla twenty inch blades on the Impala" ;)

Balla again

Casey loved this horse.

Painting by Gustav Klimt

We liked this sculpture of this man.

Ciao Y'all!

Interesting People

pregnant woman...? was seen smoking a cigarette 2 hours after this...

old fat man sitting and staring at people as they had their aperitivi

ummmmmmmmmmm... Indiana Jones?

Now that's an American... we think. 

Little kid in his whitey-tighties right in front of St. Peters Basilica. 

The most interesting person of them all... Casey enjoying a delicious Italian doughnut. These were so stinkin' good y'all! 

Ciao Y'all!

Trastevere Flea Market Part 1

Dear Everyone,

These are the things one can find at the Trastevere Flea Market, which is open every Sunday of the year. Enjoy!

A pirate's wheel

Antique silverware

Miscellaneous furniture

Records (you can also find DVD & CD stands just like this one)

Piles of clothes for €​ 0.50, 1.00, or 2.00. You will find any Italian woman madly rummaging through these (especially the 0.50 bins!)

Plants

Old coins

Smoking pipes

Jewelry

Antique books

Asian trinkets

Anything you might need to sew something or make clothes

Coffee cups and saucers

Light fixtures

Old comic books

Luggage

African mosaics 

Anything you might ever need for your bathroom

to be continued...

Ciao Y'all!