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No Gondola Ride
People, here are my Venice pictures. I wish I could have stayed here one more day to catch everything, but had plans to go on to Vienna. I was at the St. Marks Square and the Dogo Museum. Food was great and you will see the proof. I also found a place with nutella crepes. I will be eating these when i get back home.
Strolling the Centro Storico
... and its small underground tombs. I don't pretend to understand the obsession with holy relics, but there's something wickedly cool about a church having the supposed skull of St. Valentine on display.
Alas, the clock ran out on our Centro Storico stroll, so we hoofed it through the Circo Massimo (where i couldn't help but challenge Violet to a race...which I won be default since she forfeited), grabbed a bite to eat at ...
Fountains and Ruins
... what went on here 2000 yrs ago is spine chilling and special.
We then had lunch overlooking the Colosseum and walked across town to get a view of Rome from the top of the Vittoriano Monument (only constructed 100 yrs ago and insanely white; apparently hated by the locals). Then to the Pantheon – the best quality remaining Roman Empire building in town and a Catholic Church now. Then to a couple of squares, churches, a well earned jug of beer, ...
Church Adventures
... At each step you say a prayer and there are about 20 steps to the top. During Holy Week dozens of people will be climbing these stairs. When my class was there, about 15 people were climbing, which was very powerful to me. I really want to climb the stairs during Holy Week as well.
The last church we went to was Santa Croce. It is one of the seven Pilgrim Churches. This church is special because St.Helena brought over several relics from Jerusalem. Some of the relics ...
Day 8 - Rome
... climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, a church at the top. This is one of the widest staircase in Europe that has 138 steps. At the base, there is a fountain called "Fountain of the old boat".It’s more beautiful to watch during the night time with the lights turned on. We had few students do a dance performance down the Spanish steps.
Piazza Del Popollo is closer to the ...
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