Right now I am sitting on a first class train traveling to Milan. Train travel is something that I enjoy immensely, but I worry that there is no security whatsoever. You see a few soldiers patrolling the stations, but other … Continue reading
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Monday, October 4, 2005 9:05 AM After San Pietro, the Sistine Chapel is where everyone wants to go. The Sistine Chapel is located at the end of a path that takes you through the Vatican Museum (Musei Vaticani). The Vatican … Continue reading
Monday, October 4, 2005 9:05 AM Santa Paulo is not located in the same area of Rome as the Vatican and so it is not as crowded and therefore easier to see and spend time in. The outside of the … Continue reading
Monday, October 3, 2005 On Sunday, after seeing the ancient ruins of Rome I visited the cathedral to Paul called Santa Paulo. Later I visited Rome’s major cathedral to Saint Peter, Santa Pietro. Santa Paulo is grand, but Santa Pietro … Continue reading
Sunday, October 3, 2005 Today, (Sunday) I took a tour of the ancient ruins of the Roman Empire. They were spectacular! Part of what I want to achieve in this trip is to look back into my Western roots. Christianity, … Continue reading
Sunday, 2 October, 2005 European train travel is excellent. It gives time and a chance to talk with other travelers. Right now I am in Italy coming towards Rome. I have about an hour left to travel. The country side, … Continue reading
Sainte Chapelle is a small cathedral that ispatterned after Chartres in terms of its stain glass. It is situated in Paris on the Ile de la Cite in front of Notre Dame cathedral. It was originally built by Louis IX … Continue reading
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:02:03 PM Dear Naty, Arriving in France was a completely different experience than arriving in Italy. I came to France by jet; I came to Italy by rail. One is immediate and the other is leisurely. … Continue reading
30 September, 2005 Notre Dame of Paris was the shock of my life. Paris these days is a secular city, to say the least, and so I expected Notre Dame to be dead like Sainte Chapelle. But the minute I … Continue reading
Friday, September 30, 2005 The Louvre is about beauty and history. Lots of it! I spent just half a day there. I could spend a year and not see it all. In order to appreciate what the Louvre has to … Continue reading