Rome (mosty just photos)

Vatican City was impressive.

 Dozens, maybe nearly a hundred statues of all sorts scattered throughout the place.

 The crowd to see the Pope was impressive, even if the actual event was not. Mostly, it was a multi-lingual shout-out to all of the pilgrims, and it went on for hours. Catholicism is not an outdoor religion, either, and without the acoustics of a cathedral, choirs just don't sound very good. The Pope himself was surprisingly soft-spoken.

 Decimus had some culture shock. "Christians? Took over? What? You're joking."

"By Jupiter you're not joking."

 In despair, Decimus attempted suicide by giant fish, but sadly statues refuse to kill.

 The statues were very pretty, though, as were the buildings.

 There was a problem with the local birds and Decimus, the results of which are too grisly for me to show on the internet.

Decimus and Claudia got along, and he even agreed to take part in a photo shoot. He's a veritable lady's man when he is not fighting barbarians.

He even insisted on being on the other end of the camera for once.

There were some issues at the Colosseum, when Decimus got a little to excited over his memories watching the fights back in the day.


Next up, a post about Northern Greece, aka Ancient Macedonia!