It occurs to me we haven't said much about Rome except that it is a big, busy city. We had a fabulous private tour of the Vatican--about 6 or more hours. Some of you have heard my story of being in Rome nearly 30 years ago. I had just 2 short days and I wanted to see the Sistine Chapel. Unfortunately, the first Pope Paul (the pope who lived about a month after being elected) had died and a new pope was being elected. Elections are held in the Sistine chapel, so it was closed.
This time, I did get to see the Sistine chapel. There was a slight glitch though. Apparently some years ago a Japanese firm was hired to clean the artwork in the chapel. Apparently the Vatican did not wish to pay the company for their work, so they were given exclusive rights to photographs for 30 years. No one but that company is allowed to photograph the artwork in the chapel.
Well, I think I must've bumped the shutter button on my camera a couple of times because I somehow came away with a few photos. Here's one of Michaelangelo's The Judgement. Enjoy....
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