Venezia - Day 1 even more pics
2016年6月28日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Venezia - Day 1, evening pics
2016年6月28日, イタリア ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Venezia, Day 2 - Doge's Palace tour
2016年6月29日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Venezia, Day 2 - Doge's Palace tour 2
2016年6月29日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Venezia, Day 2 - Doge's Palace tour 3
2016年6月29日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Venezia, Day 2, St. Mark's Basilica
2016年6月29日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Wasn't supposed to take pictures here but i couldn't resist a few. Grace suggested I go to the confessional before we leave.
Venezia, Day 2 - Dinner
2016年6月29日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Just a pic of our view for our over-priced dinner on the canal :).
Final day in Venice
2016年6月30日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Last day and we enjoyed Murano, Burano and meeting the Barnes' for dinner!
More final day in Venice pics
2016年7月1日, イタリア ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Went to the Liberia Aqua Alta bookstore...gets high reviews. I heard one woman say it was one of top 10 most interesting bookstores in the world! Maybe if i was looking for an old, Italian book in aもっと詳しく
Quick stop in Florence
2016年7月1日, イタリア ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Duomo was immense! Baptistery was stunning!
We also stopped in to see Michaelangelo's David statue which was stunning!
Climb to the top of the Duomo in Florenc
2016年7月1日, イタリア ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Kate and Sue led the way while Grace and Paul didn't look down as we climbed.
Biking the Appian Way
2016年7月3日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Riding along the 1700 year old Appian Way. Peter is said to have met Jesus along this road.
It was nice to ride on this ancient road but I'm glad they improved how they make roads!
Maybe some dayもっと詳しく
Trevi fountain
2016年7月3日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We made a quick stop to see this famous fountain that originally supplied wayer to ancient Rome. It was determined to be "insufficiently dramatic" by Pope Urban VIII and was eventually made into whatもっと詳しく
Vatican Museum
2016年7月4日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We perused this as part of a tour with Walks of Italy. The guide was great but the tour was long and exhausting (maybe because we had to be up at 6AM for it).
The pics are of:
- an early (before theもっと詳しく
St. Peter's Basilica
2016年7月4日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We came here at the end of our Vatican tour. St. Peter's Basilica, sometimes called the "greatest church in Christendom", is believed to be built on the burial place of St. Peter.
This is aもっと詳しく
Climb to the top of St. Peter's
2016年7月4日, バチカン市 ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
- a mosaic that is on the wall of the dome
- some of the 6 foot tall letters that look much smaller from the floor of the church
- a couple of views from the top
- still happy on the way down
- a vieeもっと詳しく
Pantheon
2016年7月5日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
The Pantheon has the worlds largest, unreinforced concrete dome - pretty amazing since it was built over 2000 years ago! There was some pretty amazing ingenuity and engineering being done thousands ofもっと詳しく
Basilica of St. Mary
2016年7月5日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We didn't intend to go here but we went inside looking for a bathroom and it was interesting nonetheless. Another immense cathedral that seems, in my humble opinion, th go beyond what's necessary toもっと詳しく
Roman forum
2016年7月5日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Some pics overlooking the forum.
Puppet painter
2016年7月5日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
This was pretty cool - this marionette was painting water colrs!
Random ruins near Jewish Ghetto
2016年7月6日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Some random pics including a sign identifying deportation of Jews in 1943.
Scala Sancta
2016年7月6日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
This was an interesting stop where we observed many Christian pilgrims ascending these holy stairs on their knees. This picture was taken prior to a large group beginning their ascent who may haveもっと詳しく
Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
2016年7月6日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We stopped here as it was adjacent to Scala Sancta. We didn't realize this was the top Papal Basilica in the world and is the oldest christian church in the west.
I'll let wikipedia explain it: "Theもっと詳しく
Basilica of Saint Clement
2016年7月7日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
This was one of my favorite sites! I think it's important to think about how societies have approached and absorbed religion into their culture over time. This church is a physical example of thatもっと詳しく











































































































































