Motorino continues

Took an audio tour of the Colosseo.

Dropped some money in Fontana di Trevi.

Got some water straight from the lion's mouth.

And this bad boy made it all possible. Warning: Lay down a plastic bag before you sit, otherwise your butt will get wet.

Motorino Day

Well we actually got up earlier today and since Vittorio was too tired to explain how to use the buses more efficiently last night, he let me use the motorino (scooter). I admit that I was scared a little at first, but by the end of the day, I was weaving and cutting off traffic like a true roman. Not even the rain stopped us and we made it home safe and sound.


Made it to the Vatican Museum today. They have sculptures of cherubs choking swans. Awesome.

The Sistine Chapel doesn't allow photos. I took this photo ;)

Jesus says, "Peace dude!"

We are overlooking the Colosseo and the Arco di Trionfo di Constantio.

Holy Night Post

We finished our first day of Rome taking some night shots and briefly stopping by the Colosseo. We finished off with some seafood dinner and my usual roman dessert: nutella and ricotta calzone. So full, but so good.


Saint Peter's Square.

The xmas tree of St. Peter.

Moonlit Colosseo.

That's not blood on my fingers, it's nutella ;)

Holy Post

Today we hoped to get up early... at noon we set off on our religious voyage to Vatican City. We had fun navigating the buses and metro and spent longer than necessary at the St. Peter's Cathedral. We tried to get into the Vatican Museum, but it was closed.


Interior from front entrance.

Looking down into the church from the base of the cupola.

The view from atop the cupola.

Portrait that she doesn't like.

Last Day in Krakow

We got some good Krakow time in today (20th) by ourselves. Janusz got to sleep in a lot.


The castle by the Vistula

That head keeping popping up. Anup found in Spain I think.

That is where I put my paw down.

Castle at night.

Krakow Nightlife

Later on the 19th, we took a change of pace, checked into our hostel and went for a cold night on the town.


Dorota and Janusz had a staring contest.

Then Grzegorz joined us!

Auschwitz

On the 19th, we drove from Bielsko-Biala to Krakow, but on the way we stopped off at Oswiencim. That was the name of the town in Poland where Auschwitz was. We stumbled upon this great tour guide and we tagged along. He would walk fast to an exhibit, say a few words and then run to the next. An excerpt: "I am seating 6 persons in this bed." You could tell that he was very passionate about this place.


Gateway to Auschwitz 1

Collected shoes.

Prisoners were kept here before being executed.

Frightening.