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Day 10: Rome and Vatican City
... We then went through to many sculptures to remember, a tapestry room and finally made our way down to the Sistine Chapel to see the famous painting of Michelangelo. The tour guide broke down exactly what each part of the drawing was and meant which was incredibly interesting. The room itself was a bit of a let down, it really is just a big box. But when you stop and think about how he painted it, it just puts the awe back into it.
Then it was off to the ...
Week 5: When In Rome
... free breakfast, I had the same thing of course, and headed to the Vatican. We were there on a Monday, so It wasn’t crowded at all! We went inside and it was amazing! You didn’t know what to look at first because everything was so pretty!! The whole church was either marble or gold, and the statues and paintings were beautiful. We spent quite a bit of time in there just looking around and seeing everything. Then ...
When in Rome...
... to make sure she was okay. While we were coming back to the bar we had no idea where we were going but walked in the general direction of it. It was then my best friend Stephanie called me and I got to talk to her on her birthday! After I got off the phone with her Gabby and I decided we were lost and hailed a taxi. We didn’t really know what to say to him because we had no idea where we were going but he drove us 100 feet and then we were there- we only had to ...
Inspiring
... beat the queues we joined 1 of the many tours offered at the Colosseum itself. Our tour guide was as charismatic as wet blanket, thankfully he gave us free time to wander around ourselves. It was truley amazing to contemplate what it must have been like!
From the Colosseum we made the short walk to the neighbouring Palatine Hill. Upon this hill Rome was originally founded and all but 2 of the roman emperors would reside in the most extravagant
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Roma, the Vatican and Antiquity
... had a different name, and that some of the waiting busses were for the tour we signed up for. I should have paid more attention! Anyway, we didn't get on the wrong bus but instead of going back to get a new color and bus number, the tour chief on the dock told us what our color and number would be. Because we came down early, before our group had been called, we were first on the bus and got the prized two front seats! We had a nice view out ...
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