From Our Honeymoon....

Here's a couple random picures from our honeymoon.

We took this on the island of Capri, on it's highest point. I can't remember the name of the mountain (or peak), but we took these little chairs that were much like the lifts at ski resorts, except they were solo. So instead of hiking up, you just rode up to the top in this funny little ride. We were treated to some amazing views.

What we most liked about the top o' the mountain however was that it was so quiet and uncrowded. The town of Capri itself (in the picture behind us) is a humongous tourist trap and we were beginning to feeling like mindless lemmings that were following each other off a cliff. Once you get on the island, you're basically trapped with the other thousands of tourists that are visiting for the day, and they made you overpay for everything, include 1 euro for use of the bathroom.














Here's another picture from a museum in Rome. This is a humongous statue of Marcus Aurelius by Michaelangelo. See how small SK is? This is the same Marcus Aurelius from the movie Gladiator -- the great and noble emperor who Maximus (Russell Crowe) looks up to and was to succeed, until the evil son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murders him. Yes, these people actually existed...I think. At least, I know Marcus Aurelius and Commodus existed.

It's sad that the extent of my Roman history knowledge comes from a Hollywood movie, but at least it was a good movie. More pics later....