Last night was our honeymoon night and things didn't go quite according to plans. Cory and I had left the family so that we could start our honeymoon alone. We sat on our balcony drinking wine and nibbling on paninis and talking about the fantastic day that we had. We had told the family that we wouldn't be seeing them again. On his way to pick ...

Today we are on a quest. Bones to Bernini... starting with the bones. There are two things that all people have in common we are born and we die. Over the centuries we have handled that second commonality differently. Is it Macabre? Maybe but cemeteries and funerary monuments fascinate me. From the Pyramids of Egypt to the "drive safely" signs t...

After Breakfast and cappuccino at Hotel Stella Cory and I wandered out into the city. European trips for me are always filled with Art and history. Today we are going to start with Michelangelo's Moses. San Pietro in Vinicoli like so many churches in Rome sits unpretentiously in a little corner near a stairway. There is nothing that screams ama...

So I guess it is going to be religious Rome today. The smallest independent Sovereign State is Vatican city with 200 inhabitants. Cory was raised Catholic. I figured with his background he could teach me a lot about what we were about to see in the Vatican. The Vatican had changed in the last 3 years. They have put in metal detectors before you...

Another day of history and art. Our first stop is Musei Capitolini for ancient art. The Capitoline Museums (Italian Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the famous Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three buildings surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza i...

This honeymoon has been fabulous. I am so lucky that I met a man that is interested in the same things that I have and one that is willing to be drug all over creation. He is as big as a geek as I am. We love architecture and history and art. Rome has all of these. We are getting plenty excercise walking all over Rome. Today we are going to the...