Front row tickets to a Papal audience – feels good to be an “IP”
Guest post by Chris Sanders on the trip we all took to see the Pope in 2006: Wow, front row tickets to a Papal audience and get to see the Pope up close …read on! One of the more unique, interesting,...
View ArticleI Know Now Why Rome Is the Eternal City
Rome is eternal, the Eternal City! That much has been said before about it. But it keeps proving true over and over for me… I just went for my third time, this time for the longest visit yet (about 6...
View ArticleCeilings of the Vatican and Rome
My post on the ceilings from The Hermitage in St. Petersburg seems to have received a good level of interest so I thought I’d do another from my recent trip to Rome. Enjoy! St. Mary of the Angels and...
View ArticleTraipsing around Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum
Not being keen on lines and much less crowds, I instantly mentally said “yes” when I saw there was a tour of the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum before the crowds got in. I was quite willing to...
View ArticleDoing Rome with a Plan
When my friends and I decided upon a trip to Italy focused on Rome, I was really pumped to go back, see some familiar places and get to check off some that, though very important, I had failed to visit...
View ArticleA Foodie Tour in the Testaccio Neighborhood in Rome
In Rome, once again, we enjoyed Italian cuisine (carbonara, mi amore!), wine, gelato, architecture, history, and watching people (tourists and locals alike). It seems like those are reason ENOUGH to...
View ArticleRome Is to Be Enjoyed – 2 Sites That I Did
Rome has an endless amount of sights to see, places to visit, and walks to take – it is near impossible, lest you are a travel guide company, to document all that there is to see and almost just as...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – A Beer Goes to Rome
I came to Rome in a barrel. Ready to see the eternal city. It was dark all the way. I was in good company. Then we felt a tapping sound. Just twice. Then it went quiet. A day later, I felt...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – A Church on Rome’s Tiber Island
Last year during my one week in Rome, I did the usual when in cities as incredible as eternal Rome: walk, walk, and walk. Sometimes with a clear objective, sometimes just meandering and seeing what...
View ArticleTop 8 Climbs for a Great City View in Europe
There are so many ways to see and experience a city. But one of my top ways to get to “know” a city is by getting up high and looking down at it. Of course, this is not hard to do as there are...
View ArticleThe Timeless Capitals: Rome, Athens, Cairo
I have traveled to a good bunch of countries and hope to add more over time. Most of the time, that means I have visited their capital cities even if briefly. Rare is the case where I have not...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: Two Sides of the Coin
While visiting St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy, I ran into a group of tourists posing in front of the basilica (it is one of the four main basilicas in Rome, along with St. Peter, Santa Maria Maggiore...
View ArticleSt. Paul Outside the Walls: One of Rome’s Less Seen Basilicas
As one may expect, Rome does not lack in the church category. All types and sizes up to the best know, St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican. However, there are three other major basilicas in Rome:...
View Article20 Photographers-in-Action Shots
Like most travelers, I enjoy taking pictures of the places I see. It used to be to show family and friends but eventually developed into more of giving myself a challenge of not only capturing images...
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