Rome.

I can do this-finish posting about our trip-so I can get on to more current postings!

Our final stop was Rome. The night we arrived we went to the Fountain di Trevi. It is beautiful. It's crazy to think that people carved/sculpted these things hundreds of years ago without the electric tools we have today to help. I can't imagine how long it must've taken, and the patience required for such a task.

I'm not the biggest museum person, but Carleton loves them. I had had more than my fill of museums by the time we got to Rome, but there were a few more Carleton wanted to see and one that he knew I'd love, The Borghese, which happens to be his favorite museum. We had to buy tickets one day and go another because they only let so many people in at a time and everyone has to have an appointment to get in. When we finally got in, I was nothing short of awestruck. They had a lot of nice sculptures, but nothing, NOTHING compares to Bernini's work...figures it's one of the places you're not allowed to take pictures. I recommend looking up "Bernini" in google, he is AMAZING. I found this video that has two of my favorite Bernini works, I highly recommend watching it. After that, all the other places we went to with sculptures seemed rather bland, they're incredible and I'm still amazed they can carve those things out of stone, but it was nothing like the marble that is butter in Bernini's hands.

We took a day to go to Vatican City.

Here's the map room (hall) in the Vatican:

Famous sculpture in the Vatican museum:

Carleton looking so thoughtful, "School of Athens" in the Vatican:

After visiting the Vatican, we went to St. Peter's Basilica, where we walked all the way to the top, yet again.

back at the bottom:

Also, while in Rome we went to the Coliseum and the Ruins.

inside the coliseum:

The Pantheon, one of the oldest buildings with original roof in the world, and the arc de Titus:

The fountain of Rivers by Bernini:

One of the last little museums we visited:

Carleton and I spent some evenings by the pool and just relaxing our last couple days on the trip. We knew when we got home it would be late Monday night, we were moving early Tuesday morning, then flying to Utah Wednesday afternoon (after a newborn session) for Carleton's friends' wedding.

For more pictures from our trip see my picture blog or my facebook page.

That's it, folks! Our Europe trip is officially wrapped up, now on to some (slightly) more current updates!