Vatican Museums and Sisteen Chapel January 8th 2024 Slept in a bit
Went to the Farmacia to get cough medicine and Sudafed for our colds. Took them while having a coffee and croissant for breakfast.
Took taxi to Museums for tour to start at 10:30. Turns out the Sisteen Chapel is closed today until 1:00. The tour usually arrives there at 12:30 so the guide said she could take us to some of the halls we might not usually see. The carriage one wa ... read more
Europe » Vatican City Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further c... ... read more
This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels!
Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019!
Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023!
For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info