Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

This is the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. I went to church here when I was in Rome. The second picture shows the organ pipes on either side of the alter which was cool. The third picture is of the tomb of St. Catherine of Siena. Going to church in all Italian in an interesting experience. I could only understand the sign of the cross from Spanish class and knew how to sing the Alleluia because there's only one word the whole time. Besides that, the music was nice but I couldn't pick up on any words except for some occasional Latin parts.

Funny story!

I was on the Spanish Steps and I sat down to rest and watch some people set up for a piano concert. There were some Chinese people taking pictures right next to me and would keep switching out people at the same spot. This was all swell until one of the ladies sat really close to me and the Chinese people started laughing. I wasn't going to sit there and be awkward so I put my arm around the old lady and smiled. This resulted in a roaring crowd of laughing Chinese people. So I went through seven different people taking their picture with me and then I decided to get some of the pictures on my camera. The last picture shows some of the other old ladies who were on the other side of me who were laughing uncontrollably. It was definitely one of the most random funny things that has happened to me in a while!

Random Rome

The first picture is of my sitting in front of an ancient Egyptian oblisk. The Egyptians and Romans were very powerful and would exchange gifts like this sometimes. The second picture is of a sidewalk chalk drawing. I almost got left behind by the group to take a snap of it! The third picture is that the cleaning lady folded some of my clothe! I must have left them on the bed so she moved them to make the bed.

Castelli Romani

This is a great view from the top of Castelli Romani. It was a big cylindrical Roman Castle that had various uses through the years. Notice I have new glasses now! My other ones broke at the end of St. Peter's Basilica so I stopped by a street vendor and got some for 3 euro. I did some good haggling to get him down from 5 euro! Over my left shoulder is St. Peter's. The second picture is also from Castelli Romani and is showing the bridge over the Tibre River.

St. Peter's Basilica

The first picture is of my first glance at St. Peter's Basilica. The second picture shows a closer view of it. The third shows a happy Alex inside the Basilica. It was huge! The cieling was awesome so I took a picture of the inside of the dome. The last picture is of Jesus and his buddies looking good on top of the Basilica.

Museum in Rome

These are from day 2 or 3. On top I have a picture on top of the museum overlooking Rome. The top of the Pantheon is over my right shoulder. The second picture is me being number one just like Constantine's hand. The third pic is me looking just like the statue in the museum. We're pretty much twins except his beard isn't quite as good. The last picture is of a statue on top of the museum that looked like he was texting.

Rome skyline

Here I have a picture of my group and a picture of me with the skyline of Rome. This was day 2 if I remember right.