About 2 minutes walk from out apartment was the river Tiber which flows right through Rome, and is part of the legend of the Romulus, Remus, and foundation of the city. We walked the entire river one night, the buildings were incredible, and there were still markets open, and no antisocial behaviour whatsoever. But even here in the middle of the river, the attention to detail was magnificent, ever bridge, every pillar had some form of sculpture on it, and buildings which were in prominent places were design to a fault, as if the owners knew people would be looking at the abode, and wanted to impress.

5 minutes after the bridge, we got a pleasant surprise. We spotted a Polish car, then 2, then 5, then 20, and came to a wall with Polish notices fixed to it. The penny still not dropping, we bumped into a group of Polish people selling Polish DVD's and Magazines, and it was only then we turned around to see this Polish Church where Mass had finished, and people were spilling out to buy a little bit of home.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, or as it's also known, the Wedding Cake. This building is immense, housing a Museum of Military artifacts, and giving you an amazing vantage point over the plaza around it.

Here's one view of the local area from the steps of the Tomb.

The very famous Trevi Fountain, which is constantly swamped by tourists. About 3000 euro is thrown a day by visitors continuing the legend that if you throw a coin in to the fountain, you will return to Rome again. The money is collected each night, and used to fund a subsidized supermarket for the needy. Apparently if you throw 2 coins into the fountain, you'll get married soon, and if you throw 3, you'll get divorced soon.

The centre figure of the fountain is Oceanus, and this is one of his Tritons guiding his chariot, and taming his seahorses (Hippocamps).

2 minutes further down the road I saw this, and had to snap it. Obviously someone watches Orange County Choppers and had seen Paulie's Black Widow bike, and decided to build a 1/3 replica using a moped engine. The attention to detail was both fantastic, and funny.

Myself and the Missus at the Spanish Steps.

St. Peter's Basilica/The Vatican. We did the whole tour here, down where the Popes were interred, including the recently buried Janus Pawel II (John Paul II) who was Polish, so Gosia enjoyed that, and of course, we went for the 20 minute hike to the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo's Creation of Adam ceiling mural. The weird thing though, was that en-route to the Sistine Chapel, there were people with the largest boils, cysts and leisons I'd ever seen lying on the ground, writing in pain begging for alms right outside the Vatican.

The spiral staircase coming down from the Sistine Chapel. I'd love to Rollerblade down this :)

A shot from inside the Colosseum.

Another shot from inside the Colosseum. In the distance you can see a replica of the wooden floor that would have been in place over the entire centre. Underneath were the chambers were slaves were kept, lions, and Gladiators. You can still see where the condemned scrawled their names into the walls before they were led to die in the hope their names would be rememberd.

And of course, the Colosseum outside.

A shot from the balcony of the Colosseum.

The Arch of Constantine, was dedicated in AD 315 to celebrate Constantine's victory three years before over his co-emperor, Maxentius, outside in the grounds of the Colosseum.

The Pantheon at night time. This place was very eerie, almost like being in Rome 2000 years ago, but at night time, the ambience was too good to miss out on.