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Stuck in the Rio Airport, Lisbon & Roma

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Flying in to Rio de Janeiro.
Over the suburbs.
Over the city.
Landing.
Enjoying the free hotel room (and robe) and meals given to us by our airline who messed up and we missed our connecting flight to Lisbon.
Enjoying everything we could get out of this hotel!
Ashe enjoying some tunes in the Rio Airport, our home for 26 hours.
Old palace in Lisbon, approaching the Old Town.
Views from the Piazza Rossio.
Fountain in the Piazza Rossio.
Climbing the hill to the historic Bairro Alto.
One of many things we love about Lisbon (and Portugal): all those tiles!
Another old, tiled building.
The quaint, and thin streets of Bairro Alto.
Colorful block.
Typical Lisbon street scene.
Things got a bit more fancy as we went from the Bairro Alto to the previously aristocratic Chiaso.
Most of Lisbons sidewalks and plazas are of old black and white stones and often in beautiful patterns like this one.
One of several historic elevators in Lisbon bringing walkers into the hills.
More sidewalk patterns.
Lisbons main drag with giant gate opening to the port.
Grand buildings in the central district.
View over central Lisbon to the giant Se (Cathedral), the capitals oldest church.
Love those winding streets.
And old streetcars too!
Beaux Art?
Another streetcar!
Passing the giant gate.
Walkers and sidewalk patterns.
Walkways along Lisbons main plaza.
Another quaint streetcar.
Gate from the main plaza.
Love those grand avenues.
Church entrance art.
Inside one of Lisbons many churches.
Mini plaza.
Walking home.
Old mansion along the river.
Window scene.
Entering the Alfama neighbourhood, a maze of streets under the old fort on the hill.
Tile art over an Alfama doorway.
Putting out the laundry.
The streets of Alfama. Wonderful!
Looking out over one of Alfamas many tiny plazas.
End of the day.
Alfama church.
Laundry.
Alfama lane.
Church at the end of most lanes.
Steps and tiles.
View over Alfama.
Alfama lane from above.
Trolley route through Alfama.
Hills and rails.
Clashing styles but looking good.
Lisbons Pantheon.
Tile mural in Alfama.
Another black and white sidewalk.
Alfama rooftops and church towers.
View over Alfama.
Another Alfama plaza.
Old Lisbon captured in tile.
Approaching the Se.
Inside the Se.
Great old organ.
Mary statue inside the Se Cathedral.
Lighting a candle.
Ashe with friend in one of Lisbons plazas.
The Pointy House.
Groceries.
Another streetcar.
Lantern.
Goodbye Lisbon!!
Waking up in Rome -- theres nothing like it. Walking the grand streets near our hotel right by Roma Termini Station early in the morning on day one in Roma!
Thats not just the sunrise light, many buildings in old Rome are great hues of orange or brown.
Part of the old city wall.
Lots of sculptures in Rome. This one, on a rooftop.
Plaza de Republica.
Another great orange block.
Love those streets in Roma.
One of Romes finest churches, the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Figures along the roof.
Inside the church. We quickly got used to finding incredible ceiling art in almost every church we entered in Roma!
Church wall art.
Whos in there?
A Pope?
The fantastic dome of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
More ceiling art.
More ceiling art.
Street flower vendor. Lots of them in Rome.
Orange or salmon?
View from a small park.
Rome is dotted with ruins of old churches or other public buildings like these.
Another typical block.
Shutters are commonplace in Rome.
An old tower, part of the old city wall.
Lane in the great, historic residential neighborhood by the Colosseum.
The math teacher in me again. Art on the Engineering building at the old university.
Scooters, Rome is FULL of them!
One of many churches of this style in Rome.
The Colosseum!
The Colosseum!
Details along the gate by the Colosseum.
The gate by the Colosseum.
Gladiators! Crossing the street.
Inside a church.
Wonderful ceiling art inside a church.
Jeweled pillar inside a church.
Lantern.
More amazing ceiling art in another church.
Street scene near the Colosseum.
Looking up the block towards the church of San Giovanni Laterano.
Great building.
The church of San Giovanni Laterano.
Glowing tile art in a gate near the church.
Church statue.
The giant doors to the church.
Statue inside the church.
Another fine church ceiling.
The grand altar.
Wall art.
Great wall art.
View up from our lunch spot.
Walking through a row of arches near the Circus Maximus.
The streets are paved in marble in parts of old Roma.
Part of the Roman Forum, the heart of ancient Rome.
Running laps on the Circus Maximus.
Views of Palatine Hill in the Forum from the Circus Maximus.
Maciej definitely wasnt wearing the right clothes for a run around the Circus Maximus. It didnt take long for him to trip on his pants and take a faceplant in the grass and dirt.
Church.
Frieze.
The Font of Truth at the church of San Alessio. Legend says that the mouth will close on the hand of a dishonest person.
Inside one of Romes simpler churches.
Carriage man.
Fountain.
The church of San Alessio.
Ashe with the roses.
Classic temple.
Ashe along Romes Tevere River.
Graffitil, its everywhere in the world.
Those great, old buildings.
Maciejs favorite fountain, up on a hill overlooking Rome.
Views over Rome from the Aventino Hill.
View over Rome from Aventino Hill.
Another of those churches.
Walking back down to the river from Aventino Hill.
Entering Trastavere, one of Romes quieter neighborhoods across the river from the old center.
Trastavere block.
Typical Trastavere building.
Lantern.
Another one!
Small fountain on the way up the hill to the huge fountain on the hill above Trastavere.
Sunset views of Rome from the hill over Trastavere.
The huge fountain on the hill above Trastavere.
Trastavere home.
Trastavere block.
Great!
More of that great stencil grafitti weve grown to love.
Walking the maze of streets in Trastavere.
Old clock.
The main plaze and fountain in Trastavere.
Church clock and saint.
Inside Trastaveres main church, the church of Santa Maria.
Sunset views over Rome from Trastavere.
Another view over Roma.
Ashe, enjoying the views.
Church ceiling.
Taking the long way back to our hotel at dusk.
Church painting.
Inside a church.
Ruins.
The amazing Trevi Fountain by night.
The fountain in front of the Pantheon.
The Pantheon, Ashes favorite.
Day two in Rome begins and we pass a giant fountain by our hotel.
One of the figures at an intersection with a fountain on each corner.
Another of the sculptures at the Four Fountain Plaza.
Lots of these dudes in Rome.
Inside a church.
Details of the Trevi Fountain.
Trevi Fountain crest.
Trevi Fountain Legionnaire.
Great!
Another incredible church dome.
More detail.
Statue.
The Spanish Steps.
Fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps.
View down the Spanish Steps.
Views from the church at the top of the Steps.
Nearby, the Villa Borghese and its gardens.
Looking down on the Plaza de Popollo.
Plaza statues.
More statues at the Plaza.
Street performer getting ready.
Another grand statue on the Plaza de Popollo.
Towers and domes over the Plaza.
The main avenue leading into the Plaza de Popollo.
More great paintings inside yet another church.
Church ceiling.
Statue.
Another church interior.
Fantastic!
More art on a church ceiling.
Churches on almost every corner along the winding maze of streets that is old Rome along the river.
Palace roofline, on the way to the Vatican.
Angel on the bridge.
Performer near the Vatican.
Entering the Vatican and approaching St.Peters Basilica.
Why so many people by the Basilica?
Oh, thats why! Without planning it, we arrived in St.Peters Square during one of the Popes rare appearances.
The Pope.
Speaking to the masses.
Prayer.
Crowds.
Vatican City.
Interesting hand.
One of those great apartments.
Holy light?
Church painting.
Church entrance.
Statue.
Tiny flower truck.
Art on a building corner in one of our favorite parts of Rome, the old, old city right along the river.
Afternoon nap.
Fountain, one of hundreds!
Another building corner.
Another fountain.
Patio dining, thats what Romes all about.
Aprons for sale.
Flower market in Campo di Fiori.
Open market.
Building details.
A surprised fountain.
Walking under an arch with vines.
Scooters, everywhere in Rome!
Church.
Ashe taking a break from all that walking!
Lots of old building connectors like this can be found in old Roma.
One of many little plazas where the thin lanes get slightly wider.
Along one of the plazas.
Another collection of ruins in old Rome.
Sites of ruins are often the only places with some green. The kitties love it!
Great fountain!
Wheres my hand? Wheres my HEAD?!
Busts.
Whoa! A plaza surrounded by busts and statues!
Love those colors.
Altar piece.
More ceiling art.
A more orthodox image.
Eastern influence?
The Monument to the Unknown Soldier, locally known as the giant typewriter.
Statue at the Plaza del Campidoglio, one of Romes best.
Another statue at the Campidoglio.
Another great statue in the Plaza.
Hes had plastic surgery done.
Columns in the Roman Forum.
Us over the Roman Forum.
Flame at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.
Views from the Monument are fantastic!
Monument columns.
Views over Roma!
View to the Colosseum from the Monument.
Old Rome.
Beautiful!
Inside the amazing church of St.Ignatius with its 3D ceiling art.
That REALLY looks three dimensional!
Another great church dome!
Incredible ceiling fresco.
Wow!
Ancient columns.
One of Romas plazas.
Four years ago in Roma we took this same photo in the very same spot. I think we looker younger now, dont you?
Fountain.
Inside the incredible Pantheon.
Bearing a lot of weight.
Inside the fantastic church behind the Pantheon.
Church ceiling.
Church dome.
Details of one of the three great fountains in the grand Piazza Navona.
Nympths?
Great fountain.
Piazza Navona buildings.
Fountain.
Inside one of the small churches on the Plaza.
Restaurants line the Plaza.
Another fountain god.
One of Romes many old palaces.
Overgrown.
Nice!
The Piazza Navona is always full of people.
Neptune.
Statue.
Tough angel.
Neptunes arm.
Neptunes a**.
Horse jumping out of the waters.
Building along the Plaza Spagna.
Views over Roma to the Vatican.
The Castel DAngelo.
Statues everywhere!
Fountain in St.Peters Square.
Crossing the river from the Vatican back to central Roma.
Churches, side by side.
More of that typical Roman color.
Roof gardens, lots of them!
Statue and church tower.
Statue at the Campidoglio.
The Roman Forum.
More of the Forum.
Domes and old town.
Beautiful!
Great!
Amazing pillar!
The Pantheon.
Clock tower and obelisk.
Wow! Shoes!
Finishing off two wonderful days in Rome with another visit to the great Trevi Fountain.
Fountain statues.
Us at the Fountain.
The Trevi Fountain.
Zeus?
One last visit to St.Peters Square.
Clock.
St.Peters Basilica by night.
Romans, always fashionable.
Italy, Rome
Italy, Rome
Italy, Rome
Italy, Rome
Italy, Rome
Italy, Rome

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