more from Rome and Assisi

the crowds in Rome (well, everywhee we went in Italy!!) were huge. Almost everyone had a cell phone in hand and/or cigarette. This is a view of the crowd around Trevi Fountain, which doesn't even begin to tell the story:


we went to St. Peter's Square and planned to go into the Basilica... however, a billion other people in a line a mile long had the same plan. We decided not to wait. This is a view of the square (which actually looks round to me...)


2 monks were in the square engaged in very intense conversation with a couple: