Rome Pictures

I just posted some Paris pictures, and mentioned my Roman Holiday. So why not post some of those, too. I traveled to Rome in August, 1997. Living in the heart of Europe (Germany), getting around the continent was quite easy, as the German army showed once or twice as I used to joke. The European rail system is fantastic. So I took a week off of work, hopped on a train, and got off in the center of Rome. As a history buff, this was obviously a key place to visit. I shot about 13 rolls of slide film on this trip, all of which has been lost unfortunately. So all I have are some prints I made for friends. At least they are the best of the lot, though there was plenty that didn't get printed.

Again, not everything has been scanned, but here are a few. Other pictures can be viewed in the online photo album I'm building up.

	This is a shot of the Villa D'Este (I believe; it has been a long time) at Tivoli. I was on a guided tour to Hadrian's palace and we stopped here. This place is known for its fountains. Note the rainbow near the base of one of the fountains.
	This is another fountain at Villa D'Este.
	This is a view up the Spanish Steps in Rome.
	This is the interior of the Pantheon. What's interesting to me about this building is that there's a hole in the roof that allows the sunlight in. That's the effect I was trying to capture here, with the fairly dark interior pierced by the bright sunlight coming through the roof.
	The heart of imperial Rome was the Forum Romana. This is where most of the great Roman buildings were located. This is a view of the forum.
	As I also tried in Paris the year before, I attempted nighttime photography in Rome. This is a fountain in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

That's a few decent pictures from my trip. I hope to get more scanned over time and will load to the album.