Some Pics From Rome Vacation

[Sapperwhite]

Just a few of the pictures I took while in Rome and Pompeii.

Colosseum


Sapper & Colosseum


Sapper & Ladyfriend inside Colosseum


Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine


Sapper and Ladyfriend at Trevi Fountain


God wants to refresh you with a cool Gatorade, and a hot dog perhaps?


Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore at night


Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Bernini's elephant (long trunk?)


Piazza Navona, Moor Fountain


Piazza Navona, Neptune's Fountain


Saint Peters Square, from the Cupola


Altar in Saint Peters Basilica


Pieta


Cathedra Petri


The Dome


Diana in the Temple of Apollo, Pompeii


The Temple of Jupiter with Mt Vesuvius in the back.


Priapus greets you into The House of the Vettii


The House of The Faun


Poor dog never had a chance


Hiding

[uspirate]

wow Sapper, those are some beautiful pics except for the ugly white dude, the statue with the small wee wee and and the painting of a dude with a big horse wee wee..oh yeah and the statue of the dog trying to lick his nutz. what camera did you use? the pics turned out really nice! i gave you rep for those bro!

[Sapperwhite]

I used my Canon PowerShot SD850 IS. Canon makes a really good small digital camera.

The ugly white dude and the nutz licking dog are plaster casts of Pompeii victims. They had a lot of them there. Some were pretty creepy, one guy still had his teeth showing. Almost all of the really fine art from Pompeii isn't even in the city anymore, they have it in Naples.

You think that's a lot of wee wees? This guy (Priapus again) has two if you need to borrow one.

[merlin2375]

great pictures, looks like it was a great trip!

[sailingdog]

The ugly white dude is pretty realistic looking for a plaster cast.

And technically, if you're in the photo... you usually didn't take it.

Thanks for the photos and the post.

Originally Posted by Sapperwhite

I used my Canon PowerShot SD850 IS. Canon makes a really good small digital camera.

The ugly white dude and the nutz licking dog are plaster casts of Pompeii victims. They had a lot of them there. Some were pretty creepy, one guy still had his teeth showing. Almost all of the really fine art from Pompeii isn't even in the city anymore, they have it in Naples.

[sailortjk1]

Nice photo essay.
Thanks. That one dude would make a bull jealous.

[Giulietta]

eheheheheh

That is ancient Roman photoshop....eheheheheh

Sap..nice photos..isn't Europe cool because its so different??

Did you tell the folks here that those are not statues or castings but real people and animals that got petrified by molten lava from the volcano Vesuvius?

[Joel73]

Nice photos Sapper... looks like an awesome trip. I need to get off my ass and post wedding and honeymoon photos.

[Cruisingdad]

Very cool, Sapper. I enjoyed it.

- CD

[Freesail99]

I've been to Rome, thanks for allowing me to visit once again.