inSPIREd Sunday

I'm sure you recognize St. Peter's.
It's not my favorite church in the world, but it's
the biggest I've ever been in, and possibly the most
impressive too. (My favorite part of my first
visit here—almost 40 years ago—was making
the circular climb up inside the dome
 to the small balcony at the top.)

[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]

You must remember this . . .

A little over 35 years ago, I took my
first trip to Rome, armed with my trusty
SLR camera and plenty of Kodachrome.
(And back then, I wasn't even winded
when I got up here to the top of St. Peter's!)

[The theme for this Thursday Photo Challenge
is "photography."  To see more, go here.]

Traveling Tuesdays

A Roman detail this time,
in St. Peter's Square.
This was scanned from the archives:
a b&w from the days of  film & darkrooms.
(Must admit—I do miss the darkroom.)


To see more Tuesday travels, visit Sandi's fine blog:
http://whistlestopcooking.blogspot.com/

photo Hunter — "hot"

What's hot? Well, aside from Johnny Depp

and Javier Bardem, I'd have to say that Rome

in July is right up there. We had to admire

the dome of St. Peter's through a haze of

heat—but we were saved by gelato, lots and

lots and lots of gelato.

[See more of what's hot here.]

abc wednesday - V is for "Vatican"

Always impossible to see this place 

without hordes of people.

So here's an online tour of the Sistine Chapel. 

It may take a minute to download,

but totally worth it because you can use your

mouse to move around the room, and zoom in to see 

the details—AND you have the place all to yourself!

While you're there, check out the figure of King Minos 

(the guy who's having a painful problem

with a big snake) in the lower right corner of the

Last Judgment —it's Michelangelo's caricature of his 

enemy Biagio da Cesena, the Vatican official

who declared Last Judgment "unfit for sacred walls." As if!

[See more of ABC Wednesday here.]