 out
and about in the city |
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| a
building known as "the wedding cake" |
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spanish
steps (bad name, we only saw italians there) |
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| the
domes of rome |
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from
the movie "european vacation" with chevy chase |
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when in rome... go shopping |
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the circus - what's left of the home of chariot races |
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| shopping |
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i
scream, you scream, we all scream for gelato... |
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| i'm
heading for the emergency exit |
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breakfast
@ the hotel de russie |
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| kc
being told "this stuff is old" |
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my
life imitating art... or something like that |
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conclusions
i've made about rome
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i
dont care what they say... there is no |
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way
this place was built in a day |
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| 2: |
the
city government really needs to invest |
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in
a pressure washer |
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| 3: |
you
can buy ANYTHING using US $$$ |
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| 4: |
all
the swastika, stalin and mussolini |
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paintings
/ statues are really a nice touch |
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hotel
letterhead... it was a very sharp place |
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| the
coliseum |
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| the
coliseum... getting cleaned |
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you
can still see where the seats / portals used to be |
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| in
the center of the arena |
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me
in an "unauthorized" area |
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my
"ticket" to get in |
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| exterior
walls |
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pic of the rooms that existed under the main floor |
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| the
vatican |
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st. paul's cathedral |
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inside
the dome... you could fit a 30 story building in here |
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| the
square |
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check
out the bride... we spotted 4 in all |
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| the
story behind this was great - ask me later |
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moving
pictures! (that is the name of a RUSH album) |
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| kristen's
maiden name... almost |
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| our
ticket to get into the museum |
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our
offical vatican phone card... |
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we
got lost and had to make a call |
