Category: History

  • The Colosseum

    After an hour’s ride from the airport, which is about 40 miles away, and an introduction to Roman driving, we arrived about 1:30pm at the booked hotel in a lovely quiet neighborhood inside the old walls of the city. With great apology, the desk manager said our rooms weren’t ready and offered transfer to another…

  • St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City

    On our trip we visited magnificent churches representing diverse architectures and decorations. No such thing like you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, especially not if you’ve had a year of college art history. Well worth the feet sore from walking all day and now through another and sometime sore neck from looking skyward at…