by Chris on April 8, 2011
This week’s Photo Friday contains one of my favorite buildings: The Pantheon in Rome.

My favorite building of all time is the Pantheon, in Rome. I’m not sure why I’m drawn to it so much. Maybe it’s because it’s one of the oldest monuments of the Roman Empire that’s still left standing. Or maybe it’s that after more than 2,000 years, the Pantheon’s dome is still the world’s largest [...]
by Chris on August 11, 2009
Vatican City & Rome

We went to Rome in April on a work trip, mostly so I could work on a story pegged to Dan Brown’s book Angels & Demons. Read the story here. We were in the Eternal City for five nights before heading up to Tuscany. I must say, we packed a lot into those five days. [...]
by Chris on August 9, 2009
Tuscany Trip Report – Montepulciano & Volterra

I saw the first trailer for the second Twilight movie, New Moon, at the theater last night (it opens Nov. 20). So it might be a good time to post my trip report from Tuscany. We went to two towns associated with the second movie in the Stephanie Meyer series in April: Montepulciano and Volterra. [...]