Day 3 of our cruise was a stop at Civitavecchia and a shore excursion to Rome.
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| St. Peter's Basilica |
We had 6 1/2 hours, and started with seeing a small part of the Vatican museums (what we call the gallery of maps) and the Sistine Chapel, followed by a quick lunch in the Vatican cafeteria.
The ceilings looked three dimensional as if they had been carved, but we were assured the dimensional look was the adoit use of paint.
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| Picture of painted ceiling |
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| Close up of ceiling panel |
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| A glance at "carved" look of the painted ceiling |
After lunch, we took a tourist open-top bus past the Colosseum and Circus Maximus
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| Colosseum |
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| Display of historical military equipment at Circus Maximus |
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| Another shot of Circus Maximum |
That left us with all of about 20 minutes left to see the inside of St. Peter's Basilica and the Pieta.
The highlight of the day for me was the Sistine Chapel, which was ruined a bit by the man paid to stand
there yelling non stop, "No talking!! No pictures!! No talking!! No pictures!!"
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| Pieta behind thick plexiglass barrier |
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