So – on my way back through Rome I decided to stay in a cooler area. Closer to the traditional stuff and much busier. It felt completely different. It was pretty cool the apartment window opened up onto the gardens of some palace. Pretty cool view.
So I went out that night and wow, the romans are kind acrazy (but cool). The city was vibrant with lots of people out and about. very friendly. It was good to see people out having a good time and not trashed on alcohol. There was some march through the city (maybe part of occupy) and people just came outside and spontaneously joined it as it progressed. Found some good food, nice bars, friendly people and just wandered checking out the place. The next day i went to the vatican. Wow. so much money within the walls, so little outside. I did still have a good feel to it and you could really feel the history/religion in the place. the sistine chapel I thought was over-rated. It’s no longer a chruch – just hundreds of people in a room being told to be quite and lookig up at the roof. Michaelangelo’s cathedral on the otherhand was amazing.
Anyway – a few random pics for you to enjoy (from the camera phone as the point and shoot ran out of battery a couple of times).
Florence: 
Il Duomo:
Vatican:
Michaelangelo’s: 
Emirates:
I’ll do the proper photos soon….
al images are copyright to me, aaron irving. Use and Die.
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