Update in Pictures (1)

I'm going to start uploading my favorite pictures from my adventures with captions every now and then. As the title indicates, the next one will be called "Update in Pictures (2)" and will be posted at an indefinite date.

I'm not what you would call a photographer, but anybody can catch a good moment on camera. It isn't really about the actual person taking the photo or the actual place as it is as much about the human/worldly interaction that is captured. So here is my first update in pictures:

This is the view from the top of my school. You can faintly see the Apennine mountains on the horizon. Before it, lays all of Rome. When on the roof, you can find the Colliseum and other landmarks if you're attentive. I believe the cross belongs to the neighboring seminary. I could be wrong though.

This is Castel Sant'Angelo. It's a masouleum turned pope stronghold turned museum. This is the way I see most of the great landmarks of the city - as some tribute to humanity's present identity and rich past looming in the background of every day life. The tree is one of the many which hangs over the Tiber River. St. Michael the Archangel dominates the castle as it's only true adornment and hangs over the city like its only true guardian.

St. Peter's Square. Need I say more?

This was taken the first time I exited St. Peter's Basilica. It was truly a beautiful night and the rainy cobblestone made the lights bleed onto the Piazza. I don't actually know the couple that's walking. He's actually holding an umbrella but it looks like a bouquet of flowers. I wish I knew who they were so they could have this picture. It screams Romance.

Tiber River. These trees hang over it for almost the whole expanse of the Tiber in Rome. It really is gorgeous at night and I'm told it's even better in Springtime.

Well, that's all I have for now. A special thanks to Mike for the camera!

Ciao!
Matt