The Roman Forum

The House of the Vestal Virgins. Our tour guide had a photo of what this would have looked like. One the second photo you can see the pool that would have been in the center and remnants of the statues that would have surrounded the outside. Most of these statues were taken to the Vatican museum. There would have been a mezzanine level to their house as well. So cool.

Top: the house of the gladiators. Bottom: Colosseo

Top: Colosseo Bottom: Proof I was at the Colosseo


Left: Ceaser was cremated here! People still lay flowers. :) Right: The main road of the Forum

St. Peters Basilica - 1

Left is St. Peter's tomb. The best photo I could get of it. This is the spot where Peter was crucified (upside down) and where they buried him and built the center of the Catholic church. I have to go back to Rome for the sole purpose of going on the crypt tour of St. Peters.
Right: priest praying to st. peter

Bernini's fantastic window!

Hilarious Vatican guards.

Vatican Museum Statues

Yay! I'm finally posting again! I feel like I've been editing photos of Italia for the last three years. Okay maybe not years.... months maybe. Here are some statues from the Vatican museum.


All of the Roman statues used to have eyes. When the forum was unearthed the Romans took out pretty much everything they could that was worth value and made something else out of it. You could call it recycling... I call it stealing and I think it's horrible. That being said, the eyes are creepy.

left: cupid right: nike (god of victory)

left: the famous torso. The torso is painted into the sistine chapel several times by Michelangelo. right: Augustus (I think this was part of a gigantic statue) Michelangelo used Augustus as his inspiration for David. They are almost identical. Very cool.