Pictures!

This is coloseum in the evening. We knew it was big, but it was huge!!

The Vatican. Just simply stunning!

St Mary's of the Angels church in small town below Assisi. This has an original smaller church inside. St Mary's was built over it.

The Basilica at Assisi. Gorgeous frescoes inside. St Francis tomb is on lower level, main level the frescoes are about Jesus' life. The upper level frescoes are about st Francis' life. The frescoes are meant to be read as a book.

The bus went to a lookout above Florence when we arrived for a stunning view of the city. Sadly we didn't get near it. Our days were busy!

Milan Duomo. It was huge!!! Out neighbors challenged us to climb the dome as they have done but with our walking your and michaelango 'David' visit we just didn't have the time. :0(

Us up on the lookout over Florence.

Interesting street sign. I saw quite a few of these.

Our group optional dinner at a winery, outside with long tables. We are so much food right thru Italian. I swear each meal was 5 courses!!!!

Taylor holding up the leaning tower of Pisa. 

Rolling Tuscany hills....... Ah!!!!

San Gimignano at sunset. A gorgeous medieval hilltop town!

Grand canal in Venice. Everything is done on boats. There are no cars, scooters, or bicycles. Lots of little alleys to get lost in. We were given a map and then told not to use it. To get back to St Marks square we just needed to follow signs. It was easy. To use map was a guarantee of getting lost!

We saw this cute little jellyfish...

Burano island in Venice. This island is very quiet as quite a way out from main tourist area. Houses are painted in bright colours here. 

Sunset over St Marks church

Now these were interesting! We learnt lots on walking tours. We had little heat sets so you could hear as you wandered around. Anyway this is a rainwater collector on the islands of Venice. As Venice is in a lagoon any wells would only provide sea water. In the paving are drain holes to collect the rain water. It runs thru sand to filter it and collects in these tanks. Nowadays fresh water is piped into the city over the main bridge. 

Jordan hanging around!