Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Naples and Rome Pictures

The Parthenon in Rome. We actually got to go inside this time!! Amazing that this building was built a couple of thousand years ago, and was only one of its kind until the 20th century!!! The largest free-standing dome in the world for 20 centuries. Pretty amazing. And it's still here.
A part of the ruins of the Roman Forum. We intended to get the audio guide of the ruins, but we couldn't find the store! So, because of that, I have no clue what this building was used for. If you know, feel free to tell us. :-)

This is a part of the ruins of the ancient Roman Forum from Palatine Hill. This area was once the Broadway of ancient Rome, however it was later used as a cow pasture!! Its amazing how much of it is still here after all these years.


We got a chance to challenge the church in Naples to a "friendly" game of soccer. It was the USA vs. Naples...the US didn't exactly come out on top, but it was a good game. Even I scored a few goals, so you know they were taking it easy on us!!








A typical street in downtown Naples. It was raining and the streets were still packed! Naples definately has a culture all its own.

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