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Ancient quarter with Claire
Met up with work colleague who is in Europe on holiday. Great to see her and catch-up on news from Chch. Did guided tour of Colloseum, Palatine hill & Forum. Met up at end of afternoon with one of our guides from afternoon for walking tour from end of Forum, over to Island, under church to see how new built on top of old, through Jewish quarter to Navona fountain with various sights on the way. Was good tour. Back to one of his favourite places for ...
To Florence and Siena
... we will know what we are looking at. Back to the room to freshen up and ask for directions to a place that serves pizza and will have the soccer match between Spain and Portugal on. In retrospect it was a silly request as we walked the square they all had it tuned to the football and they all will serve pizza. At the half it was packed this is after 9:30. We were beat and retired to the hotel to prepare for tomorrows ...
As Roman's do
... many people on the floor. Surprisingly I fell asleep , glad to wake up at Rome , My excitement is countered by the weight of my back , but I leap forward, not showing any doubt or tiredness in my steps. We decide to check the Coliseum before we head to our hotel since the line seemed short, error we learned fast, being a line inside , hidden.
We awe at the Coliseum, imagining the countless men and women that fought for their lives at it's steps. and ...
Trevi Fountain & Pantheon
... to get the perfect pair of shoes. After some *****y customer service at Dior and walking through a number of shops, she settled on a pair of Valentinos. I was actually all for the shoe shopping because it was at the hottest part of the day and all of the stores had A/C and places to sit down. High five.
We then headed back to the hotel to wait and meet up with Brooke. Another long day of walking.
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The Eternal City...
... the original church on the site (before they deconstructed and removed the original. Immense ceilings, with bold lighting and frescoes everywhere you look. If you look at the pictures, it seemed as if the light beams were touching us everywhere we went. The following day we stood in line for the Chapel. There are no words to describe the museum and then the Chapel. The Last Judgement is as impressive as it is beautiful. The Mosaics caught my eye ...