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Our Roman Holiday |
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From our perspective. What can we say about the majestic, ancientness that is Rome? The first thing I noticed was that it had many water features. |
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The public transportation
was good. Devon enjoyed the bus rides. |
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And the baby-backpack. |
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At every turn a new treat for the senses. |
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made it even MORE beautiful of an experience was that i did it with
my two favourite people (no offence everyone else). |
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Water Everywhere. |
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The fountains are fed by natural water springs and are a great way of re-hydrating yourself while touring the streets of Rome. This is the fountain of the Barcaccia located at the base of the Spanish Steps. (photos below) |
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Devon smells the flowers... |
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Ciao! Ciao! |
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The first day we walked past the Vatican the line was so long to get
into the Vatican Museums i HAD to take a picture to remember it. |
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We skipped the museums and walked straight upon St Peter's Square. A breathtaking sight. |
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Monks I think pray and meditate a lot. Do these Catholics? |
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Our 'zen meandering' led us into a line. For what? I don't know. Neither does Tila. Ah well, we'll see. |
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What's a cupola? I don't know. I guess we'll see... Do we want the ticket for the elevator (for 11 euros) or the ticket for the stairs (6 euros). |
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Elevator!
And we took the elevator up into the Cupola... Into the top of St. Peters.
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Marvelous. |
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Marvelous. Can we get higher? YES? Okay, up the stairs into the sunlight... |
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What can I say? |
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Monumental. |
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At the top of St. Peters in Rome. Asleep. |
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And back down... |
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And what a view! |
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The eyes immediately went UP. And what a sight it was to behold. |
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The visit to St. Peter's was magestic, yet full of fear, danger, and dominance. You can see what I mean... can't you? |
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It's so big it looks like a pond in the middle of a city surrounded by ornate sculptures of horses and gods. You know, everyday stuff really... |
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 My
beloved. |
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And my baby and me. |
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And home... |
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For a good night's
sleep. |
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The Vatican Museums and a visit to the Sistine Chapel. Michaelangelo. |
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And a few hundred other visitors. |
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| But once inside, it was a delight. I hereby term the Vatican "The Painted Palace." For every square inch of the inside of the building was covered with painting. | |
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And of course, we finally make it to the Sistine Chapel. NO TALKING, NO PHOTOGRAPHY!! |
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Okay. |
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This site is about
SHARING what we see, and our thoughts and feelings on those things.
So HERE IT IS, The Sistine Chapel. |
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| Mother and baby enjoy the view of Michelangelo's masterpiece. | |
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Thank you Michelangelo, you made the world (and that tall chapel) a more colourful place. |
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See what I mean about being PAINTED! Amazing. Beautiful. Delight. |
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Old. Very old. We didn't go inside seeing as we didn't want to input all the horrible things that human beings used to do before we became civilized. We are civilized now, aren't we? |
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However, it made a beautiful backdrop for these lovely photos of us
at the Collosseum. |
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He waves. Ciao. Ciao. Bellissimo Bambino. |
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What was our experience of the Colosseum from the outside? Here goes... |
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Breathtaking. |
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Breathtaking. |
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Breathe. |
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And then home to
bed. |
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Another wonderful
day on the planet. |
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| Be a light unto yourself :) |
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This is Rome.
The world looked different.
Water
And lots of it to drink.
Mother
and baby on the Spanish Steps.
Ciao! 
Which turned out to be PERFECT.
Are
these guys 'holy' because they pray a lot? 
it
is definitely MONUMENTAL, that's for sure.
Ah, the Cupola...
One
glance at eachother and it was clear.
Yes, Devon is sleeping.
The half-way house before the final descent in the elevator. 
The final step led out into the body of St. Peter's cathedral.
We have been very aware of the imagery that we 'input' into our
psyche.
Then we visited the Trevi Fountain.
Passing
the Fountain of the Triton.
In
the morning...
The
next day, off to the Collosseum.
Here's
proof.