Where do I start?

We spent 4 days in Rome. Loved everything from the language to the historical sites to the sidewalk cafes to the gelato. My favorite food was the pizza margherita. Favorite gelato was pistaccio. And you gotta love cappucino with nutella!

We visited all the “must-see” places like the Colosseum, the Forum, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basillica. And they were incredible! But I loved some of the “off-the-beaten-path” places like Mamertine prison where Peter was imprisoned before his upside-down crucifixion. And I loved some of the subtleties of the places we visited. For example, Michelangelo’s depiction of original sin. It shows Adam and Eve right before and right after eating the forbidden fruit and the artist aged them about ten years. Great artistic impression of the effect of sin! It ages us.

Enough words. Here are a few pictures.