I finally got the video uploading problems all sorted out, so I’ve added three videos to yesterday’s post on the churches Rob and I visited in Rome: One of Pope Benedict XVI speaking during Chrism Mass, one of an organist practicing at All Saints’ Anglican Church, and another of a capella singing at Trinità dei [...]
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Roman Holiday, Part 1: A Church on Every Corner
We visited between 30 and 40 churches, most of which were Renaissance style: Painted or carved ceilings, marble statues, lots of arches and columns, and in some, lots and lots of gold. Unlike most of the German churches I’ve been in, there wasn’t a lot of intricate stained glass windows. Ah, buy why am I telling you about it? Here are some pictures.
Rome Quick-Blog Day 7
I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 7, Easter Day. Buono Pasqua! Our last full day in Rome was kind of a summary of our entire trip, plus a little extra. We started by finishing our postcards and mailing them in the post office [...]
Rome Quick-Blog Day 6
I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 5, April 11. Today was another laid back day. We slept in a bit, I fixed the internet connection problem we were having, we moseyed our way to the metro station. We got out at Pyramide, took [...]
Rome Quick-Blog Day 5
I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 5, Good Friday. We started the day at the Trevi Fountain, a church with what looked like thousands of padlocks on the gate for some yet-unknown reason, the Marcus Aurelius column, and the Pantheon. On our way, [...]
Rome Quick-Blog Day 4
I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 4, Maundy Thursday. EARLY morning today. We had tickets to watch the Chrism Mass (Blessing of the Holy Oils) at 9:30, and we were told that we should arrive 2 hours early if we wanted good seats. [...]
Rome Quick-Blog Day 3
I’m trying to try to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 3. I. am. sick. This is not fun, but runny nose, chills, and all, today was a great day. We had only two strict items on our agenda: picking up out tickets to Chrism Mass [...]
Rome Quick-Blog Day 2
This is my second day of quick blogging our trip in Rome in 250 words or less. Great day! We started off early at the Colosseum and pretty much had it to ourselves. Then we went across the street to the Palantine Hill and Roman Forum. Some great ruins! We spent most of the morning [...]
Rome Quick-Blog Day 1
I’m going to try to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here goes. Best piece of advice: buy your Metro tickets at a Tabacchio. We waited maybe 2 minutes and were able to get right on our train. Not as easy finding the hotel, but we did with only one turn around. [...]
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