grog goes to the vatican
Aug. 2nd, 2006 06:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
intjonathanDespite everyone's silent protests, we're getting up at 6ish this morning to make a 7:30 call time - our earliest since we bussed out to Venice at 03:00. Bad memories indeed. But the Vatican is way across town, and the necessity of pants makes starting early, before the sun has wreaked its terrifying work, a must.
Yesterday we toured the heart of Rome, seeing the Forum, the Colloseo, and the tiny church of St. Peter in Chains. It was some butt-kicking tourism. There's little shade in the ruins - they are ruins, after all - so we found what we could and talked there. Going into a church to stand around and look at art felt like a relief. Change of pace, good, change too far in the other direction, bad.
Horny Moses is Angry!
The Colloseo is really fun, actually, it feels a lot smaller than it is, much like the Kingdome. We still use the same basic design for every stadium today, which is really incredible. There's a lot that's not very known about it either, such as how the floor was done, or how they made the roof. If you stand in a quiet spot, you can still hear the crowds cheering.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Scouts clogging up the pathways
The Forum is a great space, but everything feels very small. We arrived during EuroScout Jamboree, so 12-year-olds from Germany, Hungary, and other countries have swarmed the place. Over a million people lived in this city at its peak, and it doesn't seem like the forum would be big enough to handle the traffic. 2-chariot streets in the city center? Hmm.
It's not usually this busy. Notice the matching hats.
Breakfast time. Sending postcards today from the Vatican, hopefully I'll get some pretty stamps. Oh and, what's up enormous vatican museum.
Yesterday we toured the heart of Rome, seeing the Forum, the Colloseo, and the tiny church of St. Peter in Chains. It was some butt-kicking tourism. There's little shade in the ruins - they are ruins, after all - so we found what we could and talked there. Going into a church to stand around and look at art felt like a relief. Change of pace, good, change too far in the other direction, bad.
Horny Moses is Angry!
The Colloseo is really fun, actually, it feels a lot smaller than it is, much like the Kingdome. We still use the same basic design for every stadium today, which is really incredible. There's a lot that's not very known about it either, such as how the floor was done, or how they made the roof. If you stand in a quiet spot, you can still hear the crowds cheering.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Scouts clogging up the pathways
The Forum is a great space, but everything feels very small. We arrived during EuroScout Jamboree, so 12-year-olds from Germany, Hungary, and other countries have swarmed the place. Over a million people lived in this city at its peak, and it doesn't seem like the forum would be big enough to handle the traffic. 2-chariot streets in the city center? Hmm.
It's not usually this busy. Notice the matching hats.
Breakfast time. Sending postcards today from the Vatican, hopefully I'll get some pretty stamps. Oh and, what's up enormous vatican museum.
