pics from Rome
There really are too many to choose from. Here are a few; I hope they all will post. If you click on a photo, it should open up much larger, in a separate "Tab" or Window, and you will be able to see the pics much better.The Roman Coliseum was really awesome. Here are two photos, each from the opposite end. The partial wood floor is to illustrate how the Coliseum was remodeled at some point, with all the smaller rooms, hallways, etc. under the floor.
Our tour company did an excellent job arranging our Vatican Museum tour. We were the first group in during evening hours, and had the place to ourselves. Literally. They kept us ahead of the throngs. The Sistine Chapel is just that--- a chapel. I thought it would be larger, silly me, but given the size of the other places we had seen (like St. Peter's Basilica), I naively imagined it would be large, too. Here are some pics. I'll leave out the ceiling shots, as everyone has already seen them elsewhere. Here is the Sistine Chapel
And some shots of the Vatican Museum (they're all interconnected as one large building)
posted by Doris W. in TN @ 10:04 PM
4 Comments:
Wonderful pictures, Doris. How did you manage the Sistine Chapel with only two other people in the room? Amazing!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Mary in Oregon
Mary - our tour company arranged it. There were more than two people, but less than seventy-five. They work it out with the Vatican Museum to let us enter before everyone else. It was a pricey package tour, and that is probably why. I imagine the tour company pays a premium to get us in ahead of the crowds. One of my sisters visited the Sistine Chapel on a Rick Steves tour. They were in the middle of the day, sandwiched with thousands of people, and could only move at one speed--that of the crowd. She told me that if you wanted to go back to look at something, it was impossible. We spent more than we normally would on this trip, but it was deemed our trip of a lifetime.
Oh, Doris-what a trip. The Sistine Chapel is just wonderful. The other pics. are beautiful also. What a trip! In a few months you won't remember what you spent on the trip, just how wonderful it was.
Sara in Fla.
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