Wednesday Vacation Blogging

While we're waiting for Patrick Fitzgerald to decide what he's going to do -- since he obviously isn't going to announce anything today -- here are some pictures I took in Europe with which to bore you to tears entertain you. These are all from Rome, the Eternal City.

Not sure what this is, other than a very cool old building just across the river from Castel Sant-Angelo.

God Rays at the Vatican.

Close-up detail of some of the marble at the Forum.

Fruit stand near the Colosseum.

A balloon hovers above the old city wall at the top of the Via Veneto; the Borghese Estate is on the other side.

Legionnaires making a buck posing for pictures outside the Colosseum.

Marble columns in the sunlight at the Forum.

The Spanish Steps at night.

The Victor Emmanuel Memorial Building (aka the Wedding Cake).

Outside the Colosseum...

...and inside.

The Forum.