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Day 2 cont'd / Day 3
... restaurants and ate inside. (I had pizza again - no shame. This one had eggplant, bufala cheese, and basil on it.) The table split a bottle of wine, and we had a great time! This is the first night I really had a chance to take a lot of pictures. After dinner we walked to the Piazza and walked around the center of it, looking at all of the artwork. There were several vendors there, selling artwork, jewelry, and there was even ...
Day Seven - Rome
... the Basilica. We had a very interesting tour and then boarded the coach and drove past the Coliseum (most of the group were very upset that we didn't stop and then spent the next few minutes frantically trying to snap it through the coach windows!)
We were dropped round the corner from the Trevi fountain, which was absolutely packed at this time in the afternoon. We patiently waited to get our photos, and then ...
Markets and Michelangelo Masterpieces
... down to the lower-level grottoes to see the tombs of previous Popes. The late Pope John Paul II's tomb was here and it was surrounded by praying pilgrims as his beatification is this weekend. He's on his way to becoming the next Saint. His beatification comes only 6 years after his death and will be the fastest on record. He was a bit of a legend in his time. Anyway, the beatification has meant that Rome has been hyped up just like London has in the lead ...
Vatican
Today we went to the Vatican. We took the river walk to get there. It should have only taken us 20 minutes, but we got a little lost. We ended up walking an hour past Vatican City because of the poor directions but we enjoyed the walk. We passed many beautiful churches and museums on our way. Once we got near the Vatican, I got the chills. Even though I couldn't really see the top of the dome, it was such a ...
Rome, Fascism, the Church and the Mafia
... of multi-imperial history for the first time, Italy offers something for everyone. From the unmatched warm, beauty of Sicily and the Mediterranean islands of the south, traversing the rolling hills and golden fields of the center of the country, all the way to the world renowned alps of the north, Italy is a land of beauty in every way: physically, environmentally, architecturally, linguistically, culturally and historically.
---- Observed and authored by Aaron Rosen,
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