More Rome, Plus Some Venice

Me walking over the Tiber River--I'd just visited the Isola Taberna, the tiny island in the middle of the river. I'm enjoying some gelato--I had gelato almost every day. OH MY GOD SO GOOD. Between the amazing coffee--it is FANTASTIC here--and the gelato, I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. I've never had such good stuff.



The Pantheon, looking up into the oculum. This is the best-preserved Roman structure and has been used continuously since its erection.



THIS--was my entrance into Venice. From the vaporetto on the Grand Canal.



This is the entrance into Venice from the Lagoon. This was shot from the top of the campanile--the bell tower in the middle of the Piazza San Marco.



This was shot from the top of the Basilica San Marco--that pillar is matched by one to the right (behind my head). From those two pillars were hanged criminals, and to this day superstitious Venetians will not walk between them. (I didn't either, of course!)



The Piazza San Marco at night, in the rain.