Santa Maria de gli Angeli chruch 
Quirinale (Parliament House)
Fontane di Trevi - the custom is to throw a coin into the fountain (over your shoulder while facing away) to ensure your return to Rome; a second coin grants you a wish
Pantheon
this street artiste was standing still but he looked like he's walking.
Piazza Navona
St Peter's Basilica
see what i mean?
this is the marked centre plate to stand
Vatican City - Piazza di San Pietro is bound by 2 semicircular colonnades, each comprising 4 rows of Doric columns. if you stand at the marked centre plate, you will see that each column of 2 pillars align into 1
outside Vatican City, there were some street artiste performing a short play for the public
Colosseum - completed in 80AD, it was a place for about 50,000 spectators to watch gladiators fight panthers, hippotami and crocodiles
the Roman Forum
i like the blue sky
piazza spagna
i was dead tired when i arrived in rome at 8am cos for the past 2 nights, i had only a few hours of sleep (1 night spent in the airport and 1 night spent on the train). we met 2 middle-age chinese man on the train and had a great time chatting with them in our seat cabin. they were on their way to naples. both are working in different factories. one had been working there for 4 years to support his wife and daughter (a uni student) at home and might be returning to tianjin after his daughter graduate from uni. the other has been working in italy for 1 year odd. both earns an average of 1000 euros a month and works about 12hrs a day everyday (meals included).
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