The original purpose of this trip was to attend and present at a workshop here in Rome. Yesterday and today were marked for conference duties. Kate has spent the two days trekking around and checking out more sights. We did take a couple of hours yesterday morning to do a little sightseeing.
The pictures are backwards chronologically. I can't get blogspot to reverse them, so we will take the day backwards.
These are the Spanish Steps. They were covered up with student groups, so we didn't go up. Too much chaos. We saw these on our way home yesterday.
The big highlight for me was finally seeing the Pantheon. Originally used as the Temple to All Gods, it is now a Catholic Cathedral. It is truly magnificent inside.
The building was made by the ancient Romans and is cast concrete. Pretty amazing feat of engineering.
The conference ended today. My workshop went well and had great feedback. Tomorrow we will head to the Vatican in the morning and then take the train to Naples. We will spend Sunday in Pompeii and then head home. It's hard to believe we only have two days left!
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