Monthly Archives: October 2014

Friday 31 October warm Last full day in Rome. Vatican city day with evening visit to the museum. That and some strolling in the shopping areas. A visit to gelarmony, another highly recommended place. Visited it in Vancouver where it … Continue reading →

I was here: Sistine Chapelhttp://fieldtripper.com/c/4kiQ0IfIeXQ/sistine-chapel I thought you might find this interesting, too. It's your world, explore it.: http://fieldtripper.com Shared from Google Keep Field Trip – Sistine Chapel Thanks to the extraordinary talents of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), the Sistine Chapel … Continue reading →

http://fieldtripper.com/c/WzmtmfvcHuI/vatican-museums I thought you might find this interesting, too. It's your world, explore it.: http://fieldtripper.com Shared from Google Keep Field Trip – Vatican Museums The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani), in Viale Vaticano in Rome, inside the Vatican City, are … Continue reading →

Thursday 30 October. Same weather except brutal hot sun. Breakfast entertainment continues with the highly engineered coffee machine. Beautiful, many alternatives, but barely functional. Milk spews, other items drip…. Two morning custards. One a flan the other was described to … Continue reading →

Wednesday same weather. First to the market at campo di Fiori. An interesting short history of Roman Jews. Did not know they are a separate group. https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/romes-jewish-legacy No entrance without a guide and no photos. Church of Jesus. Ornate to … Continue reading →

Tuesday 28 October. Same weather. Turned out to be mostly a rest day. Shorter touring by qb and some hours resting for kb, back spasm. Qb brought breakfast to the room to save me the hike before the spasm relented. … Continue reading →

Monday 27 October Day started with a needed long recuperative sleep and an excellent breakfast. Northern European tourist style, not Italian. 3200 year old obelisk of Ramses pictured. In the same square: Santa Maria Del Popolo Giolotti, the oldest and … Continue reading →

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Sunday 26 October same cool morning and warn afternoon. Final walk, ends at the Vatican of course. Day starts with an oops. End of daylight savings time. We were too early for breakfast. Would not have mastered at breakfast time … Continue reading →

Saturday 25 October. Same weather. Learned of the Finance police who stop you when leaving shops. No receipt, you pay a fine. Even for a lollipop. This explains why shops have insisted I take a receipt even when buying just … Continue reading →