Rome: We arrived in the middle of a one-day transit strike that caused a little rearranging of our visit to Rome, but it all worked out great. We dropped our stuff off at our hotel and after lunch went straight to the Vatican Museum. Here we're escalating to the upper floor of the Museum.

Rome: The Pine-Cone Courtyard at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: The Belvedere Apollo. Seven feet tall, this is a Roman copy of a Greek original.

Rome: The Belvedere Apollo.

Rome: The Belvedere Apollo.

Rome: At the Vatican Museum.

Rome: Statue of the Tigris at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: The Laocoon Group at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: The Laocoon Group at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: Marble dog at the Vatican Museum.