Today we started by heading over to the Colosseum. We picked up an audioguide and jumped in. Interesting landmark, but a pretty gory history. Personally I don't find killing a spectator sport. Those Romans were a hard core crowd. From there we walked up to Palatine Hill, checked out a few ruins, then walked down through the Roman Forum. The scale of each of these areas is gigantic! I can't imagine all the hard work put into building these. This picture below is us inside the Colosseum.
After a long morning visiting these ruins we wanted to head to the Vatican Museum and spend the afternoon there. I don't think either of us were ready for the sheer amount of famous artwork we would see on this tour. Two hours into the winding museum path and we wern't even at the Sistine Chapel yet! Sister D's art degree has been very useful. She's able to point out differences in artistic styles as we pass through each area. This tour would be interesting, but very dry without her input!
The Sistine Chapel is indescribable (sp?). The size and number of paintings... I worry I can't look at them all, and don't want to miss any. Both Sister D and I have trouble dragging ourselves out, still worried that we had missed something. Each of us snuck some photos. I'll post those another time.
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I bet the Sistine Chapel is major eye candy for an art person like your sister! How cool to have her expertise with you. Rob and I managed to stand in there and go "ooh" and "aah", but I couldn't remember enough from my art history class to do it justice. :)
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