Italy, Part 2

PISA


The Leaning Tower of Pisa. Construction began in 1173, and it's been a structural disaster ever since.


Duomo di Pisa and the Leaning Tower on the Piazza dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles)


Duomo di Pisa and the Baptistery


Another Leaning Tower shot


One more angle

VENICE


Main canal right outside the train station


The gondolas are out in force


Cruising down the main canal


Scalzi Bridge


Rialto Bridge


Seems a little out of place


Ponte dei Sospiri (aka Bridge of Sighs)


Piazza San Marco


Saint Mark's Basilica


Saint Mark's side view


Another digital clock tower


The private gondola, for 150+ euros


The public transportation gondola, for 1 euro


A Venetian traffic jam


Venetian alley


Navigating the narrow canals

ROME


The Colosseum


Another view


View from Constantine's Arch


The 1+ hour wait in line that I was able to skip because I actually do some research (walk 3 minutes to the Palatine Hill ticket office to buy your Palatine Hill/Colosseum combo ticket, and you can skip the Colosseum line)


Inside the Colosseum


View of all three levels


View of the tunnels that were underneath the arena floor


Constantine's Arch


Walking down the same path that Caesar walked on


The Roman Forum


Site where Caesar's body was cremated


Arch of Septimius


Roman Forum view on the walk up to Capitol Hill


Circus Maximus and a view of the ruins on Palatine Hill


Walking on Aventine Hill, the setting of HBO's Rome


Now it's just an upscale residential neighborhood


You're looking at three countries in this picture. Malta (embassy), Italy, and Vatican City.


View of Circus Maximus and Aventine Hill from Palatine Hill


Palatine Hill grounds


Ruins of a huge villa on Palatine Hill


Private arena on Palatine Hill


The Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, on Piazza Venezia


The Pantheon


Side view of the Pantheon


Inside the Pantheon


Fountain


The Spanish Steps on Piazza di Spagna


Trevi Fountain on Piazza di Trevi


The crowd at the Trevi Fountain


Colosseum at night


The Capuccin Crypt. It's a crappy picture, but it's the only one I could sneak.