Starhotel Michelangelo

FLORENCE Florence, the home of Michelangelo's David.   ...

We touched down in Rome 12:50pm local time. The Globus tour rep was there to guide us on to our bus to the Starhotel Michelangel hotel. The tour was booked with Globus and was called "From the Coliseum to the Eiffel Tower with the London extension!" The ...

... the Chapel because I didn't find it very impressive. Yes, it was really cool to be in it and see that famous painting by Michelangelo where god and man are almost touching fingers, but it was way too crowded and dark and it was a lot smaller than i ...

... local tour guide for today was Francesca. We saw the Sistine chapel where the painted ceilings are simply amazing, that poor Michelangelo must have had one sore neck! Just seeing the Basilica where the pope resides and preaches from was an experience ...

... mecca for arcitectural history. We saw Pope John Paul 2 times at St. Peter's Basilica, the home of the original Pieta by Michelangelo. I cried walking over the Forum ruins - the thought of the power that had walked under my feet was astonishing to me. ...

After 13 hours of flight, we have arrived! Upon arrival, we were greeted by our tour guide and some of the people of joined us on the tour. We went straight to the hotel and dropped all of our stuff off. Everyone else pretty much stayed back at the hotel ...