Farewell to Rome

On the last night before the program ended, our residence coordinators took us on a final stroll around Bella Roma, hitting all the major highlights of the city that we could reasonably manage, and including a pause for some of the best gelato in town.  It was a lovely walk!  I'll share some of the pictures with you here, before I launch into our Irish adventures in the next post.

[caption id="attachment_1736" align="alignnone" width="645"] Good old St. Peter's, the parish church of the world. I spent so much time inside the basilica or in the piazza this semester. San Pietro is home, really and truly, and the arms of Bernini's colonnade are truly welcoming.  No, the church does not tilt - Brian accidentally lined the camera up with me, not with the facade...[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1737" align="alignnone" width="645"] Saying farewell by the obelisk.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1738" align="alignnone" width="645"] View from the Bridge of Angels to St. Peter's.  Sorry about the fuzziness of the pictures, my camera isn't too happy about late-night photography.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1739" align="alignnone" width="645"] Farewell, Tiber River, in all your stinkiness. The Tiber's really only pretty at night when you can't see the trash and you can only see the nice reflections of the lights.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1740" align="alignnone" width="645"] Each of the angels on the bridge holds one of the instruments of the Passion.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1741" align="alignnone" width="645"] Castel Sant'Angelo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1742" align="alignnone" width="645"] Next stop was gelato. This place had the BEST, and they even dip it in chocolate! Definitely worth waiting in the long-ish line for.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1744" align="alignnone" width="645"] Next stop, the Pantheon.  Really difficult to get a good picture of this one.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1745" align="alignnone" width="645"] This is a random picture, but I just had to take it. There are water fountains all over Rome, and they're SO convenient for filling bottles. You constantly have access to fresh spring water, which is great.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1748" align="alignnone" width="645"] Trevi Fountain - quite possibly the hardest thing ever to take a picture of.[/caption]



[caption id="attachment_1751" align="alignnone" width="645"] We ended at the Spanish Steps and then headed back to finish packing.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1752" align="alignnone" width="645"] Romies relaxing![/caption]