The day started off a bit on the wrong foot for me though when I realized as the train pulled into Rome that I left my camera in the men's restroom in the Florence. I spent about the next hour (or two) cursing my stupidity, which, while it sounds bad, is actually not terribly different than any other morning. Yesterday I just went at it with a little more vigor.
The good news is that I had just cleeared the camera of pics and that it was almost a year old, so it was technologically obsolete anyway...right? ...I hate myself... :)
In any case, the Colosseum was really impressive. I kept looking at it and thinking, "Man, and I thought building my deck was tough!" The Colosseum has stood for almost 2000 years now and it's remarkable how similar it is to current stadiums (it sat around 80,000).
After the Colosseum we wandered through the Palitines which are adjacent to the Colosseum and the forum. I don't know much about it other than it was the center of two Roman eras which is a rough quote from a book. Like I said, we just wandered in so I didn't really do my homework.
Next we went back to Vatican City where Rob and I finally got to see the Sistine Chapel. I have to be honest, it was very different than I had imagined. It was beautiful and on an immense scale to be sure, but I had expected something different in my head. Hard to describe...
We met back up with Jeff and Kerry afterwards since they had already hit the Sistine Chapel the day before and opted to go to the Basilica's cupola which we had hit a couple days earlier. The timing worked out pretty well and we were soon at a nearby ristorante chowing down and drinking a beer which we followed up with a looooong walk back toward the train station and a couple more beers at an Irish pub. :)
Minus the first couple hours of the day, things couldn't have gone too much better. I'm really looking forward to Jeff and Kerry's time in Florence - I think Rob and I will really show them a good time.
I'm going to try to buy my same camera if I can find it somewhere around here. If I do, expect the pics to start back up... Until then, hit Rob's post up for some pictures of yesterday (we should get to the wifi spot tonight or tomorrow night).
Cheers!
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2 comments:
Sorry to hear about your camera! But, yes, you are so correct about it being out of date. Frankly, I can't believe you were lugging one so old around Europe. Did you have to develop your pictures yourself and everything? :P
It looks like you guys have been having some fantastic weather. I am wildly jealous. :)
-Brenna
Hey Kip (and Rob),
Dave (and Erik) here. Not sure when you guys are getting into Munich, but we arrive Sunday around noon. We're going straight to Andechs for some monk-brewed beer (after checking into the hotel).
I'll leave a note at the hotel and ask them to give you keys if you get there after we've left. If nothing else, we'll meet up with you when we get back from Andechs.
My mobile works there, so call me if you're in early enough and want to join us for some dunkles at Andechs.
Let's do this!
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