Italy trip January 2002

Teri at Termini Station, in background, with silver Smart(tm) in foreground Teri and Randy at Termini Station Marco's and Marina's house in downtown Rome near Colosseo. The house is decorated with 1920's Art Deco and Ancient Roman artifacts Marco and Marina at Pizza restaurant (with Sophia in background)




Teri and Randy at Pizza restaurant (with Sophia in background) The Vittorio Emanuele Monument. The locals call it the typewriter. Neat statue near Giuseppe Garibaldi's Monument. Another neat statue near Giuseppe Garibaldi's Monument.




View from Giuseppe Garibaldi's Monument, with typewriter in background. Base of Giuseppe Garibaldi's Monument showing Romulus and Remus drinking from mother wolf. Garibaldi's Monument. Marco's parking job (with his city car).




Castel Sant' Angelo, currently a museum, formerly Roman emperors' tomb and later Papal stronghold. Neat sculpture within Castel Sant' Angelo. View of St. Peter's Dome from atop Castel Sant' Angelo. Bridges over Tiber river near Castel Sant' Angelo.




Randy, Teri, Marco, and Marina, from atop Castel Sant' Angelo. Ballista within Castel Sant' Angelo. Boy feeding birds outside of a beautiful church. Teri and Constantine's Arch (outside of Colosseo)




The Colosseo Inside the Colosseo Senators' marble seats inside the Colosseo Inside the Colosseo (high view)




Arch inside the Colosseo Randy inside the Colosseo with the Forum in background. Teri inside the Colosseo with Palatine Hill in background. Cats outside Colosseo. There are a lot of cats outside the Colosseo.




The Forum. Arch of Septimus Severus at the Forum. The Forum. Romulus and Remus near Capitol Hill.




Stadium atop of Palatine Hill, homes of the emperors. View from Best Western hotel room window, in Rome. Spanish Steps (obligatory) Trevi Fountain.




Trevi Fountain. Plaque outside building near antique alley. Communist ralley in Piazza Della Annunziata, outside hotel in Florence. Top of bed in hotel room in Florence.




Bed in hotel rome in Florence. The Duomo in Florence (street shot). The Duomo in Florence (closeup). The Duomo and tower in Florence.




The Duomo in Florence (closeup). Replica of David in Piazza Signoria in Florence. Statue in Piazza Signoria in Florence. Statue in Piazza Signoria in Florence (closeup).




Statue of Galileo Galilei outside of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Ponte Vecchio across River Arno in Florence (from Uffizi). Inside the Duomo in Florence. Leaning tower of Pisa.




Randy and leaning tower of Pisa. View from "camera con bagno" of Vernazza's harbor square (with cats on fishing boats). View from "camera con bagno" in Vernazza. View from "camera con bagno" of Vernazza's harbor.




Cat on fishing boat in Vernazza's harbor square. Teri and cat in Vernazza's harbor square. Our "camera con bagno" in Vernazza. We were on the fifth floor of the building behind scaffolding. View of Vernazza from beginning of hike to Corniglia.




View of Vernazza from beginning of hike to Corniglia. Some sunlight over Ligurian Sea on hike from Vernazza to Corniglia. Ancient Yucca and sunlight over Ligurian Sea on hike from Vernazza to Corniglia. Flower on hike from Vernazza to Corniglia.




View of Corniglia on hike from Vernazza. Teri with cat and view of Corniglia on hike from Vernazza. Clover? patch outside of Corniglia on hike from Vernazza. Terraced hillside outside of Corniglia on hike from Vernazza.




Gift to Mark from Randy and Teri. Randy on WW II pillbox (Tortuga) on coast of Monterosso. Vernazza from breakwater. Inside vatican museum.




Inside vatican museum. Frescos inside vatican museum. Raphael fresco inside vatican museum. Modern stained glass inside vatican museum.




View from dome inside St. Peter's Basilica. Inside St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo's "The Pieta" inside St. Peter's Basilica. Statue of a someone inside St. Peter's Basilica.