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| It's blurry but there are the archbishops leaving. And when I researched mass at St. Peter's I read that Pope Francis was supposed to lead Friday mass June 27 when we were there but cancelled due to a mild health issue and then lead it two days later June 29 |
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| St. Peter's Square looking at the basilica |
I think I'll let the photos tell our story of the two days we were in Rome. We loved our hotel, the Relais Teatro Argentina. One of my favorite lunches in Rome was at Enoteca Corsi, a small lunch only wine shop where we had their special of Tripe, Chloe had a spaghetti marinara and Jackie had the mushroom ravioli. All delicious.
The sights were outstanding in Rome; Mass at the Vatican, the Vatican Museum, Borghese Gallery, the Colosseum and Forum and of course, the Pantheon.
I'll let the photos take it from here...
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| Another view of St. Peter's square |
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| Pieta by Michelangelo |
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| Going into St. Peter's Basilica for mass |
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| Swiss Guard outside St. Peter's |
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| Another selfie in front of St. Peter's (I love Chloe in this one) |
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| It really was amazing being inside St. Peter's for mass, here's where we sat. The sun coming through the stained glass was really amazing |
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| Behind us is St. Peter's remains. Remember Jesus said to Peter that upon this rock (Peter) he would build his church (of course I'm paraphrasing) and it was built and is the Vatican |
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| Another selfie, this at Enoteca Corsi |
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| This is the famed Largo Argentina Ruins across from our hotel where the city of Rome has made it a homeless shelter for cats as Rome has many...you can see about 10 cats in this photo... |
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| Chloe and I appreciated the Do Not Feed sign at the shelter...at home in Cross County people just feed cats, as many people do, thinking they're helping the cat rather than taking it to a vet for spaying or neutering which in my mind, is way more important than feeding a stray cat. Don't just feed strays, get them spayed and neutered. That's cheaper than feeding a stray for months and having it reproduce. Spay and neuter also contributes to your community. Yes, it's that SIMPLE |
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| Another picture of the sanctuary |
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| The place did stink to high heaven of tom cat urine |
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| Inside when we visited it the next day (it was a little much) but we bought a coffee cup, made a donation and bought a 2015 calendar for the vet clinic |
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| Good Lord. These two jokers were outside the Colosseum with a donation cup. If you'll notice the size of the fingers holding the pole it's obvious they're fake. |
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| The Colosseum in Rome, it was amazing. Jackie gets his 10th gold star because he had tickets printed before we left and we walked past the hundreds of people waiting in line to go in... go Jackie AKA Ricardo...:) |
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| Outside the Pantheon |
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| Those Colosseum stairs were STEEP |
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| Another view of the Colosseum (it was built in 70-80 AD and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman engineering and architecture in the world. It could hold between 50,000 and 80,000 people in the amphitheater where men and animals would fight to their deaths |
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| The line going into the Colosseum This is after two hours we'd been there, it was PACKED! |
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| Ruins outside the Colosseum |
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| Chloe outside St Peter's Basilica |
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| The Forum |
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| This is near the Temple of Julius Ceasar |
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| There were tones of tourists...you can see Jackie (green shirt and backpack) standing next to Chloe (blue dress and Italian hat) |
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