Friday, 23 June 2017

When in Rome - Pictures


2 Hours later for what was meant to be a short walk at Gran Sasso

Elephant Rock

4 Hours later we decided to call it a day

Some Jagged rocks near the top of one of many mountains at Gran Sasso

Cattle on Gran Sasso

Some lovely views as we drove up to the Observatory

Air Ambulance above the red hotel (Campo Imperatore) Mussolini was held hostage in.

Air Ambulance landing in front of the Observatory


Some snow still left on the mountain

Walking on the snow in 30c weather.

Some more viewpoints

More Butterflies

Earthquake Graffitti in L'aquila

L'Aquila Pots and Pans

L'Aquila views

St Peters Bascilla in Rome (Not the Sistene Chapel)

Really not the Sistene Chapel

Again not the Sistene Chapel

Sculptures in Rome

Fountain

Sculptures

Artwork on the ceiling of St Peters Church

More Ceiling

Surely its easier to paint with brilliant White

Big Baby

Camp man fighting Snakes

Dog

St Peters Basilica dome

Some of the cats sleeping in Torre de Argentina

Trevi fountain

The ground floor of the Colosseum

A friendly sea gull at the Colosseum

looking down to the basement of the Colosseum

Outside of the Colosseum

outside of the Colosseum again

A Roman statue near we discovered in one of the many piazzas

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II discovered on our long walk

one of the many ceilings we found in the churches

More ceilings

Naples church

Modern art expo - pink floyd

Some art work in Naples

Pompeii from Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius crater

Naples from Mount Vesuvius

Pompeii ruins

Main square in Pompeii

archway overlooking main square Pompeii

The Pompeii dog

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