At the airport in Rome... lovely photos of all the sights and without the crowds. You could see quite a bit of Rome just wandering around the Leonardo da Vinci airport.
This bronze wild boar is the symbol of the porcellino mercato - the boar market - in Florence. His snout is shiny because the tradition is that if you rub the boar's nose, you will be returning to Florence.
This is a photo looking into the Vatican gardens from one of the galleries of the Vatican Museums. The gardens are not open to the public; they are reserved for the Pope and those who work and live in Vatican City.
Here is one of the Swiss guards, the traditional security force for the Pope. Vatican City has its own police force, but the Pope's security is the responsibility of the Swiss guards, and has been thus for a few hundred years.
Wandering through the excavated ruins of Pompeii, one comes across this ancient public fountain. Notice the face carved on the rock; the water poured through the open mouth of the face into the large rock basin. The Romans figured out very early that large towns and cities relied on an abundance of clean water; hence they invested quite a bit in building reliable water delivery systems. We did see quite a few remnants of the ancient aqueducts that delivered clean water from the hills to the city of Rome.
And finally, one more photo of Capri ... steep cliffs and blue water. We did not see Dicaprio or Clooney, but we did see the hotel they prefer ... at 1000 euros a night. Does that include a breakfast?
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