La Vida via Roma

Scusa, mi Italiano non molto bueno...

Greetings from Rome! I arrived here on Friday night after a 23 hour transit from Berlin. I actually intended to go to Florence first, but I learned too late that virtually all trains (or at least the fast trains) need to have reservations. Trains to Florence happened to be full, so I went to Rome instead. But that turned out to work in my favor. I met a couple people who were staying there for the weekend and happened to speak German (and Italian, which was helpful, too...they happened to be taking an intensive Italian course over the summer). We hung out for most of the weekend together, which was a nice break from traveling alone.

Anyway, here are some photos from Rome (and I'm in some of them, which proves I've been there!)St. Peters Cathedral
Step 1 of 551 up to the top of St. Peter's (it wasn't that bad, actually)

The Vatican: somewhere in there lives the Pope.
St. Paul's Cathedral:

No need to tell you what that is:
Old Rome:
In St. Peter's Cathedral
The Pantheon:


Piazza di Popolo, as seen from the park above it.
St. Peter's by night:


The Pantheon: