Rome : My favorite city

Rome would always have a special place in my heart. It is the city where you will find history at every street corner. I can still remember when I went there in 2006...

All roads lead to Rome... a very apt phrase on a Saturday morning as we lined up to enter the Vatican! The visitors occupied 3 sides of the Vatican walls! It took us two hours and a half to finally enter ! A word of warning... be careful of those who cheat and try to enter in between the tour groups... there is no respect for nationality, gender or age... Guard your place!


Even at the entrance, be amazed. Guarding the entrance of the Vatican museum?

I did not make any reseach about what I would see in Rome. I had an inkling, based on what I have learned in school and what I have read in books... what I saw far exceeded what was in my mind...







... even the exit stairs personify art itself

The paintings high above the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were so wonderful to behold. Just imagine the hardships of MichaelAngelo as he considered the depth, the distance and the size...

But I had to settle for a picture of this famous artwork.. taking pictures of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is forbidden...

The line at St. Peter's Cathedral was much shorter...goodie... but we were exposed under the hot sun, at around 36 degrees!


Inside the St. Peter's Cathedral... now I understand where all the money went... truly it is beautiful, but we wondered... at whose expense and suffering?

Here are the Swiss guards, charged to guard the Pope... so cool ...

See the statues above the columns... beautiful to behold...

Ahh... Rome... someday I will come back to see you again...