Wednesday we spent at the Vatican Museum. We arrived and lined up for the 9:00AM opening, posted on the website, only to read a hand-lettered announcement that the great museum would be opening at 9:30AM. And these people want me to believe that snakes can talk?
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We had noted further that the painting museum would be closing at noon, so we
headed there first; Vicki refers to these collections as the "Pina Coladas"; I'll
drink to that |
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| Strafing enemy shipping... |
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| "Here I come to save the day..." |
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| St. Hulkus |
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Hmmm, perhaps a few more years in the cask, and the
increasing tannin will over-power that toe-jam aftertaste
...91 pts. |
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Torregiani's bust of Sixtus V; Torregiani, you recall, was the
guy who busted Michaelangelo's nose |
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| Fish-eater |
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| Device in the ever-popular Vatican Torture Museum |
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A size for every taste, every purse; it would be interesting
to know just how many gift shoppes are in the Vatican
Museum; and how many angels can dance on the head of a
pin... |
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In the Vatican Apostolic Library, Pope Felonius XVI forgives
all his own library fines |
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So we had lunch in the Vatican Museum pizzeria; here, the papal pizza; not bad;
actually, I think they could do a whole lot better job of making it a theme
restaurant...the possibilities are staggering (Rack of Lamb of God, e.g.) |
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Papal pilsener; or liturgical lager; the wine was only 2 euro a
glass; evidently they have hit on the recipe for making it from
water |
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| Cornish pizza |
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"Sarcophagus of the two brothers"..."shell with busts of the deceased (the female
figure on the left, who was to represent the bride, took on male features during
the portrait execution"; we regard this miracle as convincing evidence that early
Christians permitted gay marriage; seriously |
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| "You have such beautiful eyes" |
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Mr. Pointy; one of several figures from the
Baths of Caracalla |
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| A dog and his boy |
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| Holy Trinity, plus a little white birdie |
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| Part of the Sistine Chapel you're not supposed to see...its fortifications |
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We are studying Genesis in our Bible study class. Wes is convinced that, according to the Old Testament, women have no souls. He has gotten in lots of trouble with the women in our class...I figure it is just Wes and ignore him!
Tell him not to worry...they have no souls. Actually, I looked it up and read a bit. It's an interesting slur religions put on each other...Mormons vs. Catholics, Christian vs. Muslims, et al. Generally without foundation. Interestingly, some have speculated that Christianity won out over Mithra largely because of its openness to women.
Particularly St. Helen...
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