 Mom & Joe in the Piazza del Campo in Siena.
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 Mom & Joe with a couple of the young men in traditional medieval costume advertising the Pallio delle Contrade, the most popular festival in Siena, which includes the Corsa al Palio, a horse race around the Piazza del Campo.
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 Mom, our bus driver, Guiliano, Dad and Joe on our last tour night in Rome.
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 Joe and Marilena, our Tour Director, on our last tour night in Rome.
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 Mom & Joe in front of the Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna in Rome on our first day on our own.
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 Mom & Dad on the Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna in Rome on our first day on our own.
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 A scene in Piazza di Spagna in Rome.
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 Katia Erdarelli, Joe & Mom in front of Pensione Erdarelli, where we stayed 4 nights in Rome.
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 Mom & Joe at the Fontana dei Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) by Bernini in Piazza Navona in Rome.
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 Joe & Dad in Piazza Navona with Bar Tre Scalini in the background in Rome.
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 Joe & Mom in Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peter's Square) with Basilica San Pietro (Saint Peter's Cathedral) in the background in the Vatican in Rome. Notice the lovely scaffolding!
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 Joe & Mom in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican in Rome, taken from the geometric center of the colonnade in the background. What looks like single columns, are actually 4 columns deep.
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 A view inside St. Peter's Cathedral looking from the rear towards the main altar.
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 Joe & Mom on the roof of St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican in Rome. Joe climbed 168 steps, we took the elevator!
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 A view from inside the base of the dome of St. Peter's. All the designs you see are mosaics!
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 Looking down on the main altar of St. Peter's from inside the base of the dome. What appear to be paintings on the opposite side are actually mosaics!
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