Thursday, February 27, 2014

Throwback to Vatican City, 2012


As most of you suspect, the video camera is something that we own but whose footage rarely makes it online.  I'm a camera kinda gal, but my husband likes his toy and hoards video like a fiend!  :)  Here are some photos taken almost two summers ago (2012) when my in-laws came to visit us in Napoli.  After spending much of our time in the south, we went up to Rome for a few days and spent a whirlwind day in Vatican City.  As a non-religious couple, it wasn't on my "must-see" bucket list, but I'm so glad we went.  The art and culture and history here is just mind-blowing!


The Vatican Museums take hours and hours and hours to go through.  If you plan on going, allow yourself almost a full day!














The couryard at the Vatican Museum





Egyptian statue of Anubis


Bastet


Horus


Neat mock carving on the doorway














Let me show you how to position a large breed for a leg vein blood draw! Side note:  I am so lucky I didn't set off the Vatican Museum alarm system!






































A small portion of a painting by Salvador Dali.  The Vatican Museums don't just deal in antiquities - they contain much "modern" art from 1850-present.  Many famous artist's pieces are here.








Walking to Saint Peter's Square








The Papal Apartments at Saint Peter's Square





I know, it's amazing... Very humbling to be amongst such grandeur!








Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's












































Out for dinner in Rome later that evening!


I am so lucky to have this man to travel the world with!

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