2002-2003:
We flew to Rome and rented a car. Our first stop was the ancient ruins of Ostia Antica, outside of Rome.
OSTIA ANTICA:
Ostia Antica is the former harbor city of Rome and now a giant, 100-hectare archaeological park.
December 23, 2002:
Mosaics of the Marketplace
Columns with Heads
Baths of Neptune
Theater
Capitolium Temple
We then toured the sights of Rome.
ROME:
December 24-29, 2002:
Arch of Constantine
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
Septimius Severus Arch – Roman Forum
Antoninus and Faustina Temple – Roman Forum
Church of St. Lucas and Martina – Roman Forum
Domus Tiberiana – Roman Forum
Temple of Saturn – Roman Forum
House of the Vestals – Roman Forum
Colosseum
Castel Sant’Angelo
Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
Ponte Sant’Angelo
Trajan’s Forum
Trevi Fountain
We then drove north from Rome and first toured Spoleto, then Spello.
SPOLETO:
December 30, 2002:
Ponte delle Torri
Fortilizio dei Mulini
Museo nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto
Spoleto Cathedral
SPELLO:
December 30, 2002:
Porta di Venere
We spent New Year’s Eve in Assisi and partied with a crowd in the main square.
ASSISI:
December 31, 2002- January 1, 2003:
New Year’s Eve Celebration
Papal Basilica and Sacred Convent of Saint Francis
Piazza Del Comune
Stairway to Heaven
Hotel Sole
Town of Assisi
Our next stop was Pienza.
PIENZA:
January 1, 2003:
Town of Pienza
Then we toured Montalcino.
MONTALCINO:
January 1, 2003:
Montalcino
Then Siena.
SIENA:
January 2, 2003:
Piazza del Campo
Statue of Sallustio Bandini in Piazza Salimbeni
Torre del Mangia
We also toured the tower-filled San Gimignano.
SAN GIMIGNANO:
January 3, 2003:
San Gimignano
Finally, we toured Pisa.
PISA:
January 4, 2003:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pisa Cathedral
Baptistery of Saint John