Getting Mighty Crowded In Rome

Go to Rome. See the sites. Just be prepared to see the sites with many other people. Many, many, many other people.

Head to the Spanish Steps. Just don't expect to climb them, now renamed the Spanish Seats.

Plenty of fine paintings to see in the churches in Rome. And plenty of people. It's amazing, no surface left un-photographed.

The huge Colosseum, crowded.

Trevi fountain, rumored to still contain water. Snapping pics, an extreme sport, passed down from mother to daughter.

St. Peter's, everything to see here, especially the waves of people. Click!

Thank you, Rome, you've been a great host. But our space has been bumped, and it's time to head back to Lithuania and see how the winter's going.

Rome's Spanish Steps

Behold the mighty Spanish Steps, Europe's widest staircase! Hey, something needs to claim that title, might as well be a beauty like the Spanish Steps. You want to give it to an airport concourse?

Heading up, bougainvillea busy blooming.

Up at the top, the church Trinita dei Monti stands guard.

And heading back down, a view looking west of Rome and the Vatican City beyond.

Picture perfect buildings surround the steps.