Past Few Days

Two days ago we took a trip to Ostia where we normally go just to lounge on the beach, but this was a trip with Dr. A to look at the archeological site. It was kind of like a smaller Pompeii but not as hot which was nice :)

Temple to Ceres/Demeter

elephant!!

view from 3rd story of ancient apartment building

ancient bathroom

underneath the bath complex! we could crawl through all of the old slave and maintenance tunnels!

Then yesterday we went to the the Pantheon attributed to the time of Hadrian as well as Hadrian's Mausoleum. We briefly stopped by Marcus Aurelius' column which was really similar to Trajan's column and poked our heads in a few churches.

Pantheon!

roof of the Pantheon! it was hugeee! the oculus (whole at the top) has a diameter of 30 feet!

Raphael's tomb in the Pantheon

beautiful church

Caravaggio's painting of St. Matthew's calling

Raphael's Isaiah

blue ceiling in another church :)

Hadrian's Mausoleum. really its only the center part but it was later made into a medieval fortress so it expanded.

Ryan and I with St. Peter's in the background!

Today we took a day trip out of Rome to Tivoli to to see the remains a Hadrian's villa! One of my favorite things so far, this villa surpassed any modern mansion I've stepped foot in. That afternoon we went and visited the Villa Deste which was a beautiful villa with some of the most famous Renaissance fountains in the world! We also stopped and saw some aqueducts on the outskirts of the city on our way back home.

Caryatids

rainbow :)

fountain!

aqueducts

sheep by the aqueducts! haha