Here are the rest of the pictures from Rome.

Dad and I were at the Vatican City and St. Peter's Basilica as you can see behind us.

It is a HUGE area.

The chairs are set up for people to come and listen to the Pope on Wednesday and/or Sunday. If the weather is good, the Pope will come outside on the stage (the white part in the middle in front of the basilica). If the weather is not good, he comes out on the center balcony of the basilica.

Inside is the largest of all European Churches we have been in. It was massive!!!

It was conceived to celebrate the sacrality of the Catholic Church and is full of sacred relics and wonderful works of art of the Renaissance and Baroque.

This is the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament.

Below the dome (which you can't see in the picture) is Bernini's Baldacchino, the magnificent bronze canopy over the shrine of the Apostle made, according to the legend, from the bronze stripped from the pronaos of the Panteon.

The museum was full of art, tapestries, statues, etc. Interesting fact. The bust of this woman still has the glass eyes that were originally in it.

This bust does not have the eyes, like almost all of them. If you look closely at her ear lobe you can see a small hole. Earrings were in the ear lobes at the time of origin.

Out side of the Vatican Museum was a large ball that would rotate in a circle. I can't remember what was significant about it, but many people wanted their picture taken by it. The young man in the picture was our guide. He was very informative and not boring as he could have been to us who are not into art and such. He had a great sense of humor and explained the meaning of the art work in lay man's terms.

The Arch of Constatine is a magnificent triple-arcaded triumphal arch raised by the people and the Senate in 312 to celebrate Constantine's victory over Maxentius. It is next to the Colosseum.

This is the Trevi Fountain. At the center the statue of Ocean is riding in a chariot drawn by two Tritons. Into the basin below, symbolizing the sea, it is the time-honoured custom to throw a coin to guarantee a return to this splendid city.

The Pantheon is the most important and most imposing of Roman temples; it is also the most preserved. It was built in 27 B.C. by Marcu Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus, in honour of all the gods: hence the name. Destroyed by fire in 80 A.D. it was rebuilt in the time between 110 and 125 A.D. in 609 the temple was consecrated as a Christian church by Pope Boniface IV. It was used to bury illustrious artists, and also members of Italy's royal family.

In ancient times the Forum was a civic piazza surrounded by basilicas, temples and monuments where the public life of the city took place. The place became a favorite meeting point between the inhabitants of the city and those from the surrounding hills who saw in it an ideal marketplace for selling their wares. The assemblies of the people and the Senate, the elections of magistrates, the great religious ceremonies and the adminstration of justice took place here also.

Too many pictures to show of the Roman Forum. Lots of pieces from the buildings were on the ground and parts of some of the buildings. It would be fascinating to see a model of what it looked like in the active days of the Romans.

This is the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina erected in 141 A.D.

Don't know the name of this.

This is the multitasking man: Taking tourist photos in Rome, Italy, while talking on his cell phone to business co-workers in Sandy, Utah! These are a few of many, many photos. It was a great trip and lots of fascinating things to see and learn about.