Brides at the Colosseum, Rome, 27 Dec 2005. B.N. (Philips Key019) 

Piazza Santa Maria di Trastevere, Christmas 2005, B.N. (Philips Key019) 

Santa Maria di Trastevere, Christmas 2005, B.N. (Philips Key019) 

Bubble machine. Rome, Dec 2005. Philips Key019. B.N. 

Roman Holiday, 2005. Philips Key019, B.N. 

Chestnut seller, San Sabina, Dec 2005, Philips Key019, B.N.

Parco degli Aranci, St. Peter's, Dec 2005, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Parco degli Aranci, Aventino, Dec 2005, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Trastevere, Dog and Scooter, Philips Key019, B.N. 

The Pantheon, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Piazza della Rotonda, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Pantheon doors, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Pantheon fountain, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Rain in the Pantheon

But it was there, lit by the late afternoon sun in a way that looked, from her vantage point, in the giant doorway, as if it were raining up instead of down. She had seen it first a dozen years ago. The drops in the center of the column sparkled like diamonds as they danced and swirled to the teardrop shaped drain hidden in the colored marble floor. She was mesmerized and walked in a trance towards the center, stopping just short of where the rain fell. A trace of fog gently rose from the cold marble as the rain slowed to a drizzle.
-- B.N.

Pantheon, Philips Key019, B.N. 

A book worth waiting for. The new Pauline Frommer's Guide to Italy should be out in just a few more weeks. Watch this spot.

Piazza Navona, 9 Dec 2005, Philips Key019, B.N.

Piazza Navona, 7 Dec 2005, Philips Key019, B.N. 

Pantheon, Key019, B.N. 

Torino, 30 Nov 2005, Philips Key 019, B.N.