Rome in Pictures (not to be confused with Roman pictures)

One of the perks of this Morocco gig is that we need to leave the country every three months to renew our visas. So, with our three-month deadline looming, Brianna and I hopped on a plane to Rome for a weekend of eating, finding Christmas, looking at old things, and eating. We mostly ate. I also whined a lot about the cold. Brianna channeled her inner Percy Jackson through the Roman ruins, and we were reminded over and over again that it is Christmas time in many parts of the world. The pictures tell the story: food, festivity, and old stuff.

Pizza, Pasta & Profiteroles

Celebrating the end of the college
application season!

Finding our "Buon Natale" all over Rome

Pinocchio? Well...because it's Rome.

 

And, of course, there was the most Christmasy of all places...the Vatican

Vatican Christmas Tree

St. Peter's Basilica

Papa Franceso speaks to the crowd on Sunday morning

Basking in heavenly light while we wait for the pope

And, everywhere we turned, there was old stuff, big stuff, amazing stuff.

Trevi Fountain

 

Eventually, we just went back to eating.