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September 5th 2008
Published: September 5th 2008
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Well, as it turns out I didn't have too long to wait to (hopefully) catch up in my blog. Josh and I are currently in Pisa after Kristin left early this morning to meet up with her school group for their tours. Pisa, it turns out, isn't really too exciting of a town, which is why I'm once again on the internet (plus it's siesta time here). If you happen to remember from my plan of destinations, you... Read Full Entry



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Finally getting close to Monterrosso.
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The Pantheon by night.
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The Fountain of Trevi.
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The Map Gallery in the Vatican Museum.
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Raphael's "School of Athens" - an amazing painting and also a tribute to the other great artists of his time. In it he portrays ancient scholars as the great artists of Renaissance time - such as Plato portrayed as Leonardo da Vinci.
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Raphael's pat on the back to himself. In the far right corner of the painting he sticks a self portrait in.
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St. Peter's Square
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Inside St. Peter's Basilica - incredible.
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The awesome Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's.
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Michelangelo's incredible Pieta.
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Colosseum
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St. Peter's Basilica, from the square.
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Inside of the Colosseum, with the underground network visible where the floor is missing.
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View from the other side. The floor has been partially restored to show what it would have been like.
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What remains of Circus Maximus - one of the greatest disappointments in Rome.
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The site where Julius Caesar was burned.
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The Roman Forum
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More Forum.
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The Column of Phocas. Described in my guidebook as "the Forum's last monument (AD 608), a gift from the powerful Byzantine Empire to a fallen empire - Rome. Given to commemorate the pagan Pantheon's becoming a Christian church, it's like a symbolic last nail in ancient Rome's coffin." I'm pretty sure I got goosebumps as I read that and thought about the fall of a world empire that stood for 1,000 years.
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Pantheon, by day.
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Interior dome of the Pantheon.



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