Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Monday Rome

Monday Rome

After a long day of sightseeing, I will write a little.

We began our day by walking to the Vatican Museum. We waited in line for just a half hour because Eileen had reserved a 10 o clock time for us. She has been great getting these reserved times.



The museum leads into the Sistine Chapel. We were excited to see the Chapel. Rick tells us in his audio that this is 4 1/2 miles of walking.





The work of Michelangelo in the chapel took four years. He was 33. We have seen so much of his work in our travels. He continued working in his 70s. Eileen keeps saying how could he do so much? It was truly wonderful. There were so many people in the chapel that it actually took away from the magnificence.

Siesta! Then we were on our way by bus to the Colosseum. Joan

We were able again to catch the 64 bus and get off at the right place. We are noticing that we seem to be the only ones validating bus tickets. Maybe the rest have passes.
Rain looks threatening and sure enough it thunders a bit with a "trace" of rain. But that seems to thin the crowd a bit.





This structure is magnificent, though crumbling. See pictures. They say that over 60,000 could be seated and food was prepared and sold during events. The events were animals killing animals, killing people and men killing men. Of course later Christians were killed here. Doesn't sound like something I would like to see. It was stated that perfume was sprinkled after a killing to keep the smell down.


There is lots of work being down discovering what is beneath this structure. We also took in a bit of the Palatine Hill area but soon tired out. Found a cafe and then headed back to the convent. Judy





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2 comments:

  1. The photo of Joan and Judy is very good. Great smiles. I am sure there are crowds in many of the museums there but you are use to now. Ha! You are learning so much history too. I think you guys could lead this tour now. . Hang in there.

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  2. You can not imagine how much I have enjoyed your traveling blog. Your pictures were wonderful and you will go home with memories that will last a life time.
    Just how many Churches did you visit? We also while traveling are amazed at the beauty of the Churches we have visited.

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