and the bittersweet finale was roma.

image two; the ancient roman forum.
image five; the markets of trajan.
image eight; david.
image nine; the laocoon.
image twelve; the school of athens.
image thirteen; the ceiling of the sistine chapel.
image fourteen; me on the floor of the sistine chapel (to admire the ceiling of course).
image fifteen; outside the vatican.
image sixteen; michelangelo's pieta.
image seventeen; st. peter's basilica.
image thirty-nine; the theatres of marcellus.
image forty-five; the colisseum.
image fifty; the trevi fountain.

images by madisonmanno.