Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Italy

the wait is finally over...here are some pics from Italy for your viewing pleasure. steve took about 500 pictures. literally. so these are just a few of my favs.

Roma

the Colosseum

the Arch of Constantine (not the Arch of Titus)

part of the Forum

Marcus Aurelius equestrian statue

Martime Prison - where Peter and Paul were held



the Pantheon

the Sistine Chapel

St. Peter's Basilica

outside St. Peter's

me threathening steve outside the Castel Sant'Angelo

the Colosseum at night


views from the top - on the Victor Emmanuel Monument

Venezia


standing on the Rialto Bridge

cruising the Grand CanalSt. Mark's Square

Cinque Terre



hiking through the 5 towns


watching the Giro D'Italia time trial. we saw Lance Armstrong (above).
w-o-w!


Firenze

view of Florence


Pointe Vecchio

a fake David

Santa Croce Church

for more pics and more details check out steve's blog here.
loved this trip so much. Italy's got to be one of my favorites places. and being there with steve. that was my favorite too.

7 comments:

Steve Dalton said...

Are you sure that's not the Arch of Titus? Let's all take a vote....

Jennifer said...

favorite pic: w-o-w mom!

and some of the venice ones, too. beautiful.

looks like you guys had a blast. viva italia!

Anonymous said...

love, love, love those 5 little towns built into the mountain. looks like you had a great time.
lets see titus, david, rome- those would all be cute names, ok maybe not titus!

http://randommusingsfrommypov.com

Aaron said...

Hi Liz, I meandered to your blog through Emily Craven's. Hope that's alright :) Looks like an amazing trip, and I'm especially jealous that you got to see the Giro d'Italia time trial stage. I probably watched Lance ride past you haha

ZKLP said...

i can't believe you've been all of these places! stop already! i need some gelato.

Katrina said...

fun fun fun. what a lucky gal you are.

Jenna said...

That's awesome. What a fun trip. It was great to see you the other night.