Stella Hotel Rome

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 up the wine Cory had run into Paulie and Christina who were looking for Amanda and Heath. Something to do with the train to Milan. We thought we would...

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 tied with silk flowers and old teddy bears at dangerous intersections we all want to somehow remember our lost loved ones. This sometimes leads to dile...

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 amazing piece of art in side. When it was created it was just another tomb stone but Moses by Michelangelo is one of his most amazing sculpture. It is sa...

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 are able to enter. We came to the Vatican most of all to see the Pieta, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums. You could spend weeks touring the...

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 in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536. I think the most interesting thing in the Museum is the huge parts of the colossus of Constanti...

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 ruins of the Caraculla Roman Baths. The Baths of Caracalla, the second largest baths complex in ancient Rome, were built between 212 and 219 A.D. by ...