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Seeing the sights in Italy
What better place to indulge myself in history than Italy! The Roman Empire, the canals of
Venice, and of course Pompeii & its volcano, I visited them all! First up was Pompeii down at the bottom of the boot. The Pompeii that I visited is the ruins of an Italian city that was partially buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. There is a modern city nearby (spelt with one i) but that’s not what everyone wants to ...
Rome in a day
... were in amongst the ruins in minutes.
Again, it probably would've been good to have a guide to tell you what each of the ruins were. We wandered around with a map trying to match up what we thought was each ruin. One that Evan was interested in was Romulus’s tomb. The description was a black marble slab, hmmm, well we walked around the area it was supposed to be and were pointing at many things which we thought could be the black marble ...
Amicizia Duratura: Lasting Friendships in Italy
... up the hills towards the village, we saw the castle
of Soriano
rising magnificently above the village walls, casting its shadow over the town and the people. The castle evoked visions of fairy tale settings and different times, when the wealthy landlord ruled over the village people and the village sought protection within its thick stone walls.
Using our ...
Mythology and the Vatican
... past all the movie people doing whatever movie people do to set up an area for shooting scenes. (at this point we don't know it's Woody Allen shooting a movie yet). At the Palazzo Farnesina we enjoy many paintings on walls and ceilings telling stories of mythology. It's a treat to have our docent share the stories behind the paintings, the pallazo and the history of where we are standing. The paintings are Raphael and they are amazingly beautiful. We explore some of the ...
Withdrawal, ruins and stepping into a man's mouth
... sleeping a couple of hours seems the sensible thing to do for him. Resulting in another late night for me. But I seem to find my groove alternating one night of going out and one early night.
On day 4 I refuse to line up for the Vatican and am starting to question my being cheap and not having done any official tours or paid any covers to enter any sights. I spend more time eating delicious Italian carbs of various ...
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