@DanHanenkrat
Italy and Greece 2019
May 03 - May 08 2019
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May 03 2019

At the airport, getting ready to go to San Francisco and then on to Rome!

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May 03 2019

Our first stop, San Francisco

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May 04 2019

Our trip and fIrst dinner in Rome! \240 Near Piazza Navona. \240

Our hotel location

Our our hotel window

Piazza Navona

On the ponto sisti looking at the Vatican

Our first dinner in Rome after walking around for what felt like hours. \240

Cheers!!!!

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May 05 2019

We did about 10 miles of walking today. We did a morning tour with a guide, starting at Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Teatro Argentina, \240a walk to the Jewish ghetto, the isola in the middle of the Tiber, then on to the Capitol Square, which included the capital building and the Palazzo Venecia, then moved onto \240the Roman forum, the Colosseum. \240Then the guy left, we went back took a nap, at our hotel near the piazza Navona, and then we walked to the piazza Colonna, the Trevi fountain, the Spanish steps, up by the Villa Borghese, around to Piazza \240Popolo, and then back to our hotel area where we had dinner and collapsed. \240

Piazza ColonnaS

Pantheon ”pan”

Pantheon

Roman baths back of Pantheon

Island in Tiber

Isola. \240Island in Tiber on Map

Temple in old Market

Teatro Argentina

Piazza Venezia. \240Altar della Patria. \240

Piazza del Campidoglio. \240

Roman Forum

Map of the Forum

Where Juliet Caesar was cremated. \240

Arch of Titus

Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum

Looking at Constantine’s arch they the Colosse

Piazza Colonna

Spanish Steps

Fountain of Trevi

Piazza del Popolo

Flaminio Obelisk. \240

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May 06 2019

Our second day we had a guided tour of Vatican.

I would have to say there’s a lot of history around why Vatican is what it is.

Christiananity, Popes and the Rise of Christianity while the Roman Kingdom collapsed.

At one point (450 AD) Rome had about 1.6 Million people. They we’re invaded and water supplied disrupted and the fell to about 50,000. That ushered in the Dark Ages.

Following the Dark Ages the Church emegeged as the Governance.

Popes we’re less Religious and more capitalist.

The ruins reflect great wealth and power.They also reflects the conciqience of over endelgence.

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May 07 2019

Today was a free day, no guides. It was also the first day we’ve had without clouds.

The last two days were guided and we kind of skipped over the Forum.

Today we spent about 4 hours revisiting it.

What we discovered was that it’s immense and overwhelming.

Italy/Rome has spent the last 100 years unlayering nearly 2500 years of Roman civilization. It rivals what Egypt has done. Maybe even grander based on the depth and scale that is available to the public.

I hope these pictures capture that.

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May 08 2019

Florence May 8-11

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