Tolentino Suites Rome
via San Nicola da Tolentino 50 (via Veneto) Rome, Lazio, 00187, Italy
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Architecture that'll astound anyone!
So we headed down into Rome today to show Kyle the sights and sounds the city has to offer. Luci and I spent a weekend here last year for Valentines Day and we loved every minute here.
This made things a little easier when taking Kyle around the city to see the Colosseum, the ...
Vaticano
... we could make out the Pantheon and Victor Emmanuel II Memorial. Worth doing once in your life. Back down to the base of the dome. Outside I had a great opportunity to take pics of the statues trust overlook the square. Our next stop was the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. Frankly it is just too much to describe. The Bourghesis (sp) knew how to fill their place with art. The Vatican knows how to fill it even more. There is ...
Rome, Day 1
... that much for a tour and then get rained out five seconds later!!!! Tina agreed.
But as a result, we didn't get to walk through & discover the Roman Forum, which is right next door to the Coliseum. Oh well - we'll get to it later.
The pictures we took were pretty good, but it was a miserable afternoon. I was so tired, cold, and hungry.
We took the metro to the Trevi Fountain and there, met up with Tina's best friend from ...
LAX to JFK to Roma and Then Some
... hands me a 20 Euro bill and tells me the first coffee is on him.
I leave the plane. I wonder if I am going to be picked up. The communication over the last 24 hours has been marginal. I follow the other passengers from my flight. I get my passport stamped. We get on some sort of tram and arrive at the baggage pick up area. Whew.
I grab my bag and exit. My friend is there. My worst fears are unfounded.
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Vatican City
... was Nero’s bathtub. Made of Egyptian marble, which today costs several thousand dollars per cubic centimetre (!) it’s pretty massive. And the accompanying story we were told about Nero (who was so unpopular that only two statues showing his face survive today) was pretty epic. He used to dress up as an animal and sit in a cage in his house, where men, women and animals would be brought in tied to stakes. He’d then growl like an ...
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