Out-of-Riga Sunday: Rome

I visited Rome exactly 3 years ago - in these days of November 2008. It was a dramatic weather change - from cold minuses in Riga to +20 in Rome. Rome is of course the most historical city of all European big cities. It was full of ancient ruins and I found it somehow oppressing a bit. The city lacks some modernity, joviality or something what could be symbolically compared to "a gulp of fresh air". Nevertheless, it offered very beautiful sights in places - but sadly I was not able to take photo of the most beautiful of them all because my camera's accumulator was discharged.