The Chinese, the year of the pig...

... I, the month of the visitor.

We continue our journey with a stop in Bath, England. You gotta give credit to the Romans here. I mean, our generation has created cell phones, computers, the internet, etc... but will any of it really be around in 2,000 years.... doubt it.

The Abbey...

...but who really needs church when you can hang out in these:

Bricks that used to support the old floor;

hot water flowed underneath to heat the rooms.

The original tunnel taking water from the baths to a nearby river -

still functioning today.

Hmmm, I can't remember the signifcance of this... old dude on old rock.
One of only three shop-lined bridges in the world. Can you name the other two?

Some freshly-washed Bathian citizens.
Pretty sweet architecture from a father/son duo.

The Circus...

And the Royal Crescent.

And, finally, I couldn't say it better if I tried...

Yeah london. Holler.

What's left of me.

2 waters and a Maltesers 'The Big Pack': €8
Peanut M&Ms 'The Big Pack', Pringles salt&vinegar and a Mars Delight: £4
Heinz Hot Dog (you know... new york style) and Champagne: €18
Ryanair on-board menu: priceless.

Aight, some last misc. pics from Rome.

Trevi Fountain.Not the Trevi Fountain.
The Pantheon (our favorite Roman ruin)Some good eats (and drinks)
The Fabrizzio tart.The Tiber.
Some football of course.Severe collision caught on camera (nearly -- check out blue sweat suit and mad biker... a millisecond after I snapped they were both sent sprawling. I'm happy to report no serious injuries)

The biggest thing I learned... you really gotta watch your back in Rome.And lastly, my futile attempt to be artistic.

An ode to the right calf.

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred steps.... How do you measure, a weekend in Rome? Well how about... pain.

Shall I compare you to a Roman god?
Thou art more worthy and I dependent.
Rough rocks you climb but never once relent;
On you I rely much more than the quad.

On you in London a glass pane did fall.
In Rome you fought when I wanted to crawl.
Battered with bruise but without a complaint,
A god, perhaps not; but right calf – a saint.

St. Peter's

The ascent.

The view from the top.

The views inside.

The Vatican (I won't mention how these pictures were obtained)

Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II
The Spanish Steps.

Piazza del Popolo
La Republica.

Gianicolo hill- on the way up and the view from the top.