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To go to Egypt with my son, daughter-in-law and grandson the first step was to get to Europe. They were living for three months in an apartment in Rome, so I flew to Detroit.
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 Approaching Detroit International on my flight from Columbus, Ohio. |
 The Northwest DC10-30 which would take me from Detroit to Rome |
 The train from Fiumicino Airport to the Termini Station in Rome |
The Roman neighborhood near the apartment: |
 Via della Dogana Vecchia from Piazza San Eustachio |
 Corse Vittorio Emmanuele II and church of San Andrea della Valle |
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 Helene and son Nico |
 Grandson Nico at the apartment entrance |
 On our way to dinner at a nearby restaurant |
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 The restaurant Vecchia Locanda All the food in Rome was very good. |
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 Smart There was also another make of these little two seaters |
 A Display Window around the corner from the apartment. |
 The window was on the way to the Pantheon, a hundred or so metres away. |
 Another view of the apartment building. |
 The Pantheon |
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 Madonna and Child in the Pantheon |
 Madonna and Child. |
 Madonna and Child. |
 Medieval Gentleman |
 Medieval Gentleman |
 Madonna and Child. |
 A very old mural revealed under plaster in a niche in the Pantheon. |
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 An obelisk at the top of the Spanish Steps |
 At the top of the Steps |
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 View from the top of the Steps. The dome of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso, St. Peter's in the distance. |
 Looking back to the church of the Trinita dei Monti |
 On the Steps |
 Bruno was burned for his advocacy of Copernicus |
 Bruno's offense, or his trial? The statue is in the Piazza Argentina |
 Why is this Roman Knight in front of the Church of San Luigi holding that bomb? |
 Caraveggio's St. Matthew in the Church of San Luigi |
 Photography is discouraged at the American Embassy |
 A real sidewalk cafe. |
 Near the apartment and the Senate |
 Roman street |
 Above the Piazza Venezia |
 From the Piazza Venezia |
 Trajan's Column and SS Nome di Maria |
 Foro Augusto |
 SS Nome di Maria |
 Vittorio Emmanuele II monument at Piazza Venezia |
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 A sidewalk Cafe in a piazza |
 Different Cafe same piazza |
 Museo Nazionale Romano |
 In the Museo Nazionale Romano |
 In the Museo Nazionale Romano |
 Sarcophagus in the Museo Nazionale Romano |
 Sidewalk Cafe in Piazza della Repubblica |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
 Museo Nazionale dei Terme |
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 A Roman Bus |
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 Arch of Constantine |
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 The Coliseum |
 Coliseum |
 Coliseum |
Memorializing Clement XII |
 Waiting to buy tickets |
 Tourist Entrance |
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 North Side |
 Main Tourist Entrance |
 These rooms were covered by a wooden deck |
 Sun on the Coliseum |
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 Interior |
 Arch of Constantine from the Coliseum |
 A view from the Coliseum |
 A view from the Coliseum |
 Roman Street |
 Temple of Hadrian, now part of the Stock Exchange. |
 Shadows |
 A rainy departure from wonderful Rome |
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