Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Walking tour 2.0
Part 2 of the walking tour started out with a visit to the sovereign country of the Vatican where most of the cardinals and the pope reside. We mainly visited St. Peter's basilica where massive columns surrounded you on every side and the church was right in front of you looking grand and majestic. After wandering around we left to go back towards the hotel to get some lunch. After lunch we were lead to the Spanish steps where a fountain with fresh cold water was in front of said steps. There was also an Egyptian monolith with hieroglyphics. We wandered around for about 10 min after which Adam took us to go see something but ended up getting lost. We wandered over by the pantheon which we visited later on but before that we visited the building that Galileo read his apology to the church. Adam and Liz then took us to get gelato and visit some cats as a little goodie to end the night.
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I was excited that we had the opportunity to go inside the pantheon and explore the dome area. I was surprised to learn that the dome opened to the sky with no glass covering the top
ReplyDeleteIt was cool to see the various Egyptian obelisks in the city. I hadn't really thought about how they came to Rome, often as "gifts" to the Empire after conquering various cities in Egypt. Several of them also had crosses attached to the top as nods to the Roman Catholic faith despite the fact that they were created to honor the Egyptian gods.
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