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A More Relaxing Roma
... been made crazy by Cupid's arrow). She has refused his love, but he persists. She implores her father, the river god, to transform her into something less desirable, and she is turned into a tree. The statue is truly incredible; it captures the moment where Apollo is just about to catch Daphne, his hands just starting to wrap around her, but her transformation into a tree has already begun. Leaves spring from her fingers, her stomach is being covered in bark, and she grows roots at ...
A spiritual and artistic quest
... Because today is Sunday and St. Peter's is extremely busy, we decided to do a City Tour as well as St. Paul's Bacillica and the Chiesa Il Gesł or St. Ignatius Church which is a 16th-century late Renaissance church ...
When in Rome...
... t had a tour guide we wouldn’t have known what anything was because it’s just a bunch of random ruins. After this we took the subway back to the Spanish steps to eat lunch at a quaint little restaurant on the same street as our Scottish pub. It was cute but the food was average and we were starving since it was nearly 3 oclock. Afterwards we split with the boys who went shopping and we attempted a little shopping on our own on Via Nationale where our ...
Inspiring
... t English. Didn't stop me grabbing a few snaps and soaking up the holy atmosphere. Next stop Vatican City and Museum. This place is unreal. The museum is full of historic pieces worth an absolute fortune and some of the paintings, tapestries and artifacts need to be seen to be believed! But they all crumble into comparison
compared to the big bad boy; the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo, a prodigy sculptor of 25 years of age, wants a challenge ...
Roma, the Vatican and Antiquity
... were so many people that it was hard to hear, but we got lots of photos and saw what it must have been like to be a Roman Gladiator. It took eight years to build and must have been over 100,000 slaves, and accomodated 80,000 people. I thought it was amazing how we are actually standing in an area where people, over a million people lived over 2000 years ago. We got back on the bus and went to a restaurant for "a real Italian lunch". I tried ...
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