Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Italy - Day 8

this church is where st peter-in-chains is held/located...
carved by michelangelo!!! moses in middle, with horns... cool!!!

st peter-in-chains!! real one!! cool!!!
now, we are on our way to see colosseum!!!


we have arrived to colosseum!! the only site that i had always want to see in my trip to italy!!!!!! no more view from tv or pictures, finally see it in person!! the real thing!!



us with colosseum!!! do i look exciting and glad?? hehehe





nice!!!!!!!




me with colosseum in background!!!






mom with colosseum in background







arch of constantine, the first christian emperor of roman!! he's also reason that christianity is legal and religious!!!!









palatine hill






old roman forum










pantheon!!!












view of old roman forum and colosseum from top of monument... very impressive to look at!!










grassy area, was where horse racing used to be!!!! from top of monument.













vatican city in distance from top of monument














view of monument... huge building!! impressive!!

2 comments:

Michelle said...

I sure can't wait to go back some day! I figured you'd be excited to see the colosseum. It is pretty surreal.

jetjrfhth said...

what great pictures! Thanks for posting!