This is the biggest understatement there is! Rome is incredible! The size of the buildings, structures and statues is incomprehensible to me! We were told that the colessium was built in 8 years. I don't know how that is possible! It is enormous! St. Peter's Basillica is the length of two football fields. Every time you turn your head there are more domes, statues, paintings, tapestries, etc. and all larger than life. I can't stop wondering how they ever managed to build these enormous structures back then with no modern equipment. The paintings in the Sistine Chapel are beautiful! I am in awe of the talent and intelligence that is evident in both the art work and the design of the structures.
The pictures: Trevvi Fountain- you must throw the coin over your left shoulder with your right hand; one wish per coin, as many as you would like. Pantheon. Sistine Chapel and Gallery-the ceiling shot in the hallway looks 3D but isn't (we couldn't actually take pictures in the Sistine Chapel, so they are photos of posters). Did you know that in Michelangelo's "Creation"' God is sitting inside the outline of a brain, and a woman's torso can be seen in David's leg? There are many hidden messages. St. Peter's Basillica. Colleseum. (only a small sample of the pictures we took)
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