The last few days have been rather full on... actually, all our days since Nice have been pretty full on, but there's so much to do and see and eat!
So we visited the Vatican - the Vatican museums and St Peter's Basilica. The museum is a bit overwhelming. Way too much to see and a lot of information to absorb! We only spent 5 hours there, and had to rush through a lot!
Happy snap, Stu and Mita in Sistine Chapel. So you're not allowed to take photos in the Sistine Chapel, but everyone else was... So we got quite a few. Including the one below:
Stu in front of St Peter's Basilica (there was an Australian girl on the bus home that kept referring to it as "the Basilisk"...)
We did a day trip down to Pompeii (and a drive-by of Naples). It was a long way to go, for only 2 or so hrs in the ruins. Will definitely have to come back and do it again some day! The ruins were amazing, and a lot bigger than I expected.
Mita, Forum, Mt Vesuvius.
Stu avoiding "street-muck" by using the handy stepping stones.
We are currently in Florence. (spent the car-ride up belting out 80s/90s songs on the radio, with a specially good rendition of "the power of love") We've walked around the town, and seen all the principle attractions, including, of course, Michelangelo's statue of David (the original, and the two copies). We spent today in the Uffizi museum and the Accadamia Gallery. I'm a bit religious art-worked out now... We also saw the tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo, Dante and others, which was really interesting.
Florence!
Stuart and David. Which one is which? Hint: Stu is the more chiseled one...
Mita and Galileo.
our tent at the Michelangelo camp.
Tomorrow we head to Venice!
Ciao!
So we visited the Vatican - the Vatican museums and St Peter's Basilica. The museum is a bit overwhelming. Way too much to see and a lot of information to absorb! We only spent 5 hours there, and had to rush through a lot!
Happy snap, Stu and Mita in Sistine Chapel. So you're not allowed to take photos in the Sistine Chapel, but everyone else was... So we got quite a few. Including the one below:
Stu in front of St Peter's Basilica (there was an Australian girl on the bus home that kept referring to it as "the Basilisk"...)We did a day trip down to Pompeii (and a drive-by of Naples). It was a long way to go, for only 2 or so hrs in the ruins. Will definitely have to come back and do it again some day! The ruins were amazing, and a lot bigger than I expected.
Mita, Forum, Mt Vesuvius.
Stu avoiding "street-muck" by using the handy stepping stones.We are currently in Florence. (spent the car-ride up belting out 80s/90s songs on the radio, with a specially good rendition of "the power of love") We've walked around the town, and seen all the principle attractions, including, of course, Michelangelo's statue of David (the original, and the two copies). We spent today in the Uffizi museum and the Accadamia Gallery. I'm a bit religious art-worked out now... We also saw the tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo, Dante and others, which was really interesting.
Florence!
Stuart and David. Which one is which? Hint: Stu is the more chiseled one...
Mita and Galileo.
our tent at the Michelangelo camp.Tomorrow we head to Venice!
Ciao!
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