Morgan's 10 year picture

St. Peter's Square, Rome, Italy

St. Peter's Basillica, Rome, Italy

Trajans's Square, Rome, Italy

Rome's "Capital"

View from the top of St. Peter's Basillica

Another shot looking out over St. Peter's Square

Yet another shot from the dome of St. Peter's Basillica

The walkway one has to use to get to the top of the dome in the Basillica

Inside the Basillica...it was pretty awe-inspiring. The words you see scrolling horizontally are 7 feet tall and are covered with gold leaf

Another shot of the Basillica's inside

Paul's tomb

Pope John Paul II's tomb located inside and under the Basillica where most of the other pope's are entombed

The Swiss Guard...they are a group of approx. 100 soldiers whose sole duty is to defend and protect the Pope. They maintain a 24/7 guard.

One of the Swiss guards. They've worn this outfit for centuries. Fairly distinctive get-up, is it not?

The Colleseum, Rome, Italy

Inside of the Colleseum. Back in the day, 50,000 Romans filled this place to watch the Gladiators duke it out.

Another shot of the inside. A lot of the pre-match preparation went on underneath the floor of the Colleseum (which you can see here).

You can see what the floor would look like. Romans used elevators to raise and lower lions/gladiators/etc. to the main floor

Christopher Columbus. Distinctive landmark of Barcelona, Spain

Sacred Family Church...another Barcelona landmark. This building has been under constant contruction for over 100 years...and it's not near complete!

View of La Rombla (main street) in Barcelona, Spain. Taken from the top of the Sacred Family Church

Another shot of the Sacred Family Church

Picture of OSCAR AUSTIN taken from one of our embarked helos

One of our two embarked helos coming in for a landing on our flight deck

Another shot of a helo coming in for a landing

Heading home via the Suez Canal...

Transiting through the Suez Canal

Shooting our 5" 54 caliber gun

Pie-in-the-face day. Pay money to throw a pie in the person's face of your choosing. Sitting is our Executive Officer. Poor guy.

Mmmmmm.....cheesecake. My favorite.

All in good fun...