The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome in Italy |
March 29
March 29 8:17am
March 29 8:19am Rome: outside the vatican Lots of pointing and gesturing. I think we're lost again. Vongole means clam. La veliche means luggage. Neither terms help with locating where we are on the map. |
March 29 9:52am Vatican City: courtyardGiant pine cone. This one puts Ed's Pompeii pine cone to shame. |
March 29 10:04am Vatican City: museum In ancient times, they also use light up orange wands to direct airplanes to their gates. |
March 29 10:12am| Vatican City: tour guide If you do not pay attention, I will thwack you on the noggin. |
March 29 10:24am Vatican City: museum Dogs were much bigger and thirstier in the old days so they required much larger dog dishes. |
March 29 10:37am
March 29 10:35am| Vatican City: around where we lost the coach This is making me think that my plain white ceilings at home are a bit austere. Vatican City: museum On first glance, it appears to be a many breasted woman. However, reality is stranger. This is a fertility statue, and what look like boobage are actually bull testicles hanging from her neck. |
March 29 11:48am| Vatican City: on the way to cappella sistina A bit confusing. Are we supposed to break dance down the staircase or are we supposed to walk down the stairs with perfect posture? |
March 29 12:10pm Vatican City: basilica di san pietro The rare bacon marble. |
March 29 12:19pm| Vatican City: las vegas pay per view St Peter's Cathedral prophesied the championship boxing match Christ vs Elvis. |
 Vatican City: swiss guards The hot dog a stick uniforms are color coded to reflect their security level access. Yellow, white, red, and blue uniforms allow access to the less sensitive mall areas. The Swiss guards' orange, red, and blue uniforms grant them access to the sacred scrolls with batter recipes dating back to ancient times. The guards are sworn to protect these precious ancient scrolls with their lives, this woman will not be successful in trying to seduce her way to the secret batter recipe. |
March 29 12:38pm Vatican City: piazza san pietroSomehow, I don't think they will be throwing beads from this balcony on Mardi Gras. |
March 29 12:41pm| Vatican City: piazza san pietro I'm tempted to sneak in a single red chair to spoil the entire color scheme. |
March 29 12:42pm
March 29 1:52pm
March 29 2:55pm| Rome: piazza dei tourist trap Paint your name with Chinoiserie type. Perhaps I will obtain a franchise and this will be my next career? |
March 29 2:58pm
March 29 3:11pm| Rome It's acceptable to not paint your house if the entire city does the same thing. It's called patina and character. In Orange County, this will be called "You are in violation of your HOA agreement." |
March 29 3:17pm| Rome Even on vacation, I just can't escape the mouse's piercing eyes. |
March 29 3:31pm
March 29 4:05pm| Rome: collona dell'immacolata I like it's use of mixed media. |
| Rome: spanish steps There are so many people on the steps at this moment, that we haven't technically seen the steps themselves. They're in there somewhere. |
March 29 4:09pm
March 29 5:23pm| Rome: fico and 401k Eeeek! Disney Store bags. Can't escape. Though i should have approached these women and thanked them for contributions to my paycheck. |
| Rome: different kind of arch Big Mac's seem classier when the golden arches are actually metallic golden- especially when served in something called a "ristorante bar" instead of something called a "drive-thru." |
March 29 5:35pm
Souvenir Pope Plate
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