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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
- ☀️ 55 °F
- Altitude: 65 m
ItalyRome41°53’50” N 12°29’57” E
Basilica of Santa Maria
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Another beautiful church, the story behind this one, is the Virgin Mary came to the Pope in a dream and showed him a snowflake the next day he saw snow on the ground here and had this church built. itRead more
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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 24 m
- ItalyRome41°53’46” N 12°28’40” E
More of our 1st day in Rome
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 26 m
- ItalyRome41°53’58” N 12°28’36” E
The Parthenon
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
It's pretty amazing this Dome has been standing with over 2,000 years has been remodeled and converted from a Roman temple to a do a Catholic Church but the basic structure and the Dome has remainedRead more
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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 31 m
- ItalyRome41°53’56” N 12°28’47” E
Church of Saint ignitius of loyola
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Another incredible church.
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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 13 m
- ItalyRome41°54’6” N 12°27’59” E
Castle of the holy angel
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Incredible building that has been in use over 2,000 years versus mausoleum then military facility and also the popes apartment
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- Day 1
- Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 11 m
- ItalyRome41°54’9” N 12°27’59” E
A few last photos of Rome
April 3 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Just a few last photos.
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- Day 2
- Friday, April 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 21 m
- ItalyRome41°53’22” N 12°29’26” E
The roman form.
April 4 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
This would have been the main part of Rome. It was fun to look at all the sites, some almost 3000 years old. It is hard to fathom how a society so advanced could fall apart.
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- Day 2
- Friday, April 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
- ☀️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 32 m
- ItalyRome41°53’29” N 12°29’28” E
The Colosseum
April 4 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
The Big Daddy of all the Roman ruins. It Is amazing that the Romans understood engineering so well. those arches they built over 2,000 years ago are still holding all that weight for a long time itRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
- ☀️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 45 m
- ItalyRome41°53’38” N 12°28’58” E
Hop on hop off buss
April 5 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Have plans to go to any churches today. we still need up in four of them. so beautiful and impressive. You can't walk by
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- Day 4
- Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
- ☁️ 54 °F
- Altitude: 50 m
- ItalyRome41°53’38” N 12°29’36” E
St Peter in chains
April 6 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
This church has Michelangelo's Moses inside. It's amazing that such work of art can just be a non-descript church. it it is named Saint Peter in Chains because it has the chains same Peter was heldRead more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
- ⛅ 59 °F
- Altitude: 17 m
- ItalyRome41°53’37” N 12°29’13” E
The wedding cake.
April 6 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
The memorial to United Italy, you can see this all over town. we finally managed to claim to the top of it. I guess the locals call it the wedding cake
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- Day 5
- Monday, April 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
- ☀️ 50 °F
- Altitude: 31 m
- ItalyRome41°53’39” N 12°28’36” E
The bike tour
April 7 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
On the bike tour, we had a great ride saw another Michelangelo sculpture.
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- Day 5
- Monday, April 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
- ☀️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 22 m
- ItalyRome41°53’17” N 12°28’14” E
The catacombs
April 7 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We booked a trip to the catacombs, and you can't take pictures inside the catacombs. However, we had a great bus driver who showed some of the things on the way. He recommended a restaurant forRead more
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
- ⛅ 61 °F
- Altitude: 20 m
Vatican City41°54’10” N 12°27’27” E
St Peter's Basilica
April 8 in Vatican City ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
The largest and probably most opulent Christian church in the world simply amazing
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
- ⛅ 61 °F
- Altitude: 44 m
- Vatican City41°54’21” N 12°27’17” E
The Vatican Museum
April 8 in Vatican City ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
- ☁️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 38 m
- ItalyRome41°54’1” N 12°28’21” E
Navarro square area
April 9 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We went back to one of our favorite squares. Had some great food. And went into a small church to see a Michelangelo statue
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Altitude: 39 m
- ItalyRome41°53’11” N 12°30’28” E
St John Lateran
April 9 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
This is the Rome cathedral. And the seat of the bishop of Rome.
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 10 m
- ItalyRome41°51’32” N 12°28’31” E
St. paul outside the walls
April 9 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
There are 4 Papal churches in Rome. This is the 4th one we visited. The funny thing is we were 2 blocks from it almost every day. It is close to the station we transferred from the busses to theRead more
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- Day 8
- Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
- ☁️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 70 m
- ItalyRome41°54’6” N 12°30’10” E
basilica of saint mary of the angels and
April 10 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
The outside of this church is part of a roman bath. Michelangelo designed the inside. It has a hole for the sun to shine on a line that traces the year. The symbols of the zodiac are along that line.
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- Day 8
- Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
- ☁️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 70 m
- ItalyRome41°54’6” N 12°30’10” E
Church of the sacred heart
April 10 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
You can see the statue on the roof from all over Rome. We finally made it inside.
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- Day 8
- Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 20 m
- Vatican City41°54’10” N 12°27’26” E
The Dome of St. Peter's church
April 10 in Vatican City ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
For 10, you can climb 551 stairs to the dome. So worth the money and the stairs.
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- Day 9
- Friday, April 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 4 m
- ItalyCivitavecchia42°5’22” N 11°47’22” E
Civitavecchia
April 11 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Beautiful little Port Town. We're back on a boat. And in 21 days, we'll be back in the U.S
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- Day 10
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 19 m
FranceAjaccio41°55’8” N 8°44’18” E
Corsia
April 12 in France ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
This napoleon home town.
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- Day 11
- Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
- ☁️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 46 m
- ItalyFlorence43°46’26” N 11°14’58” E
Florence
April 13 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Had a great rainy day in Florence. Got to see David by Michelangelo.
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- Day 12
- Monday, April 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
- ☁️ 59 °F
- Altitude: 43 m
- ItalyGenoa44°24’27” N 8°55’54” E
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I love the purple!
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Golden baby Jesus throwing the peace ✌️ sign? I love this! Had to learn more from my AI friends… “The statue of the Christ Child in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is housed within the Crypt of the Nativity, also referred to as the Bethlehem Crypt. The crystal reliquary that holds the statue and fragments of the Holy Crib was designed by Giuseppe Valadier in the early 19th century, replacing an earlier reliquary from the 1600s that was stolen by Napoleonic troops. While Giuseppe Valadier created the reliquary, it is important to note that the golden statue of the Christ Child itself is much older, dating back to the 13th century. The statue is a significant object of veneration, with the reliquary containing what are believed to be pieces of the manger where Jesus was laid.”