Wonderful Downtown Rome

This is the ceiling of the Pantheon. It is the only pagan temple in classic style still almost intact in Rome. The temple was built in 27 B.C.  After a fire, the temple was rebuilt between 117 and 125 A.D. Today it hosts the tombs of famous people.

This is the  Colosseum. This bueatiful building was begun in 72 A.D.  The amphitheater could contain more than 70,000 people.  Many gladiators gave their life here!

This is our first truly authentic pizza.  It would be hard to describe how delicious it was.  We had a "four cheese","fungi"(mushroom), and a meat pizza.  You have to experience it to truly appreciate how good it was.

Our trainers and freiends, Elder & Sister Burt, enjoy the pizza with us outside on a veranda on a bueatiful Italian Friday night.

Piazza Navona.  This public square in on of the largest and more bueatiful squares in Rome.  Three fountains adorn the  square.  The center fountain is the work of the world famous artist Bernini.  Bands played, performers and artists were everywhere. 

Trevi Fountain.  The popularity of the fountain is also due to the legend that if you throw a coin into the fountain your return to Rome is guaranteed.  You can see we guaranteed our return by throwing the coin over our shoulder!

Our first taste of the famous "Blue Ice" gelato. Between the pizza and the gelato it would be very hard to decide which was the best.  Both were incredibly good.

This fairly new building, was begun in 1870 to celebrate the unity and birth of the current country of Italy. The statue of Rome and the tomb of the Unknown soldier, as well as a wonderful museum are part of this bueatiful building.

This is Trevi fountain  mentioed above.  It was designed by Salvi in 1735 and decorated by several artists of Bernini's school.The detail and bueaty of this massive fountain draws people here from around the world.

After three weeks in Rome we finally found the time to visit some of the bueatiful and historic sights in Rome. Many of these structures date back nearly two thousand years and are known thoughout the world. On Friday evening we dressed in our missionary attire and had several young adults come up to us and visit. One group was from BYU on a study abroad trip. On Saturday we had our "P day" clothes on with my Colorado Rockies hat. One couple from Parker Colorado saw my hat and had to come over and visit with us. It truly is a very small world we live in.