Our last full day in Rome started out with a visit to a pyramid, and yes there is someone buried inside! This pyramid has the same proportions as the ones in Egypt, it's just built on a smaller scale.
This is a part of what is left of the Jewish Ghetto. Quick history: when the Nazi's came through Rome they said if they were given 50 kilos of gold they would leave the Jews alone, so the whole community pitched in and raised the 50 kilos. In the end the Nazi's still took the Jews.
This is Hercules with the head of Medusa. The statue is in the Vatican Museum.
Us in Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica is in the background.
The Pieta, carved by Michelangelo it depicts Mary holding Christ after he was crucified. Very amazing.
Pictures don't do justice to the massiveness of St. Peter's Basilica. The gold lettering here is 7 feet tall. The building itself is over 450 feet tall (comparable to a 45 story building) and took 120 years to complete.
The whole experience in Rome was wonderful. The weather was great and the food was fantastic. I really liked shopping at the supermarkets there because there are lots of treasures to be found! We came back with about 10 pounds of cheese, which if we would have bought in the states would have cost well over $150. We spent a little over $20 for all of it. We also brought back some fun pasta noodles and really good chocolate.
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