Keyholes, Doors, Reflections

One entryway always leads to another world. 

I loved following this turn in this road and seeing a man reading the paper outside his front door.

Me and Kathryn, one of my roommates, looking into a fancy clothing store.

 One of my favorite glimpses. This is a courtyard for an apartment. It's common for Italian apartments to have one big door, and then a hallway into a courtyard, which greets you with a statue before proceeding to the stairs. Because the rooms are always tall to allow the heat to rise, you don't feel claustrophobic like you can in the streets. I caught a glimmer of this through a door someone had left open. It was truly like looking through a little keyhole.

 The classic vine over the doorway. This time, just direct stairs up to the apartment.

 There is a lot of graffiti in Rome. I love how the light pours through though. Rome might as well be called the "city of light," whatever the Parisians say :) This is the apartment above, but I haven't zoomed in on the woman yet.

A reflection in the holy water. Floating in the upper left corner is Santa Maria (Mary).

The windows in the churches are always glowing. I do believe the wall is gold. Going into such gorgeous churches, it's amazing thinking about how much money, time and energy it took to make them. I can understand why people responded so differently (and why it spurred Martin Luther to begin the reformation).

 A sunset view of the Vatican City (St. Peter's I think.)