Clearing off my virtual desk
I've just found out I can write some entries in advance and schedule them to post automatically next week, just in case I can't post often from Italy. You know I don't like to be out of touch for long.
Is this internet thing cool or what?
As for the Sistine Chapel, it's pictured because I found out it would cost 49 euros to get in to see it. I'm too lazy to do the math, but isn't that close to $75? I think I'll give it a skip this time.
Actually I started going through the guidebooks and looking at their lists of not-to-be-misseds in Rome, and my stomach started to hurt. I began feeling like I did this last week at work: Too much to do and not enough time to do it.
And if one more person told me about the gypsy children who were going to steal all my money, I was going to cancel the trip.
I just quietly closed my books and decided not to plan to do anything but walk around the city (my purse clutched to my chest, haha) and eat some good meals. Let's see if I can stick to it.
Don't be too shocked. I do have my ticket to the Uffizi.
Oh cripes, I just went to the museum's Web site to create a link, and there was this message: ...
Please note that on 16 September 2007, some museums may be closed due to a strike by precarious workers.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
I wonder what "precarious workers" are.
Comments
One of the most amazing things we did in Rome was the Scavi Tour, which is the catacombs under St. Peter's Cathedral. You can see the rock upon which he built the church.
And every single meal we ate was brilliant.
Posted by: Fairfax | September 16, 2007 3:04 PM
$75 is nothing for this experience. I am so sad you will miss out, it is so worth every dollar and more!!!
(btw - In general I have no interest in art, was never big on history class but this is unlike anything I could have imagined)
Posted by: Selina | September 17, 2007 2:32 PM
Wow 49 euros - I went through the Vatican and Sistine Chapel last summer and I recall it only being 20-30 euros. Well I guess like anything, prices go up.
This was trying to get the tickets in advance on TickItaly.com. My goal is not to stand in any lines on this trip.
Posted by: FoodBooty | September 17, 2007 8:36 PM
I traveled to Italy with friends last September. Our first night was in Naples at a hotel right on the Bay of Naples. After returning from a visit to Pompeii that first morning, we went on a walk around the city. Not to be duplicated - in fact, nothing came close for the rest of the trip - was a cone of melon gelato on a walk that afternoon.
My condolences on not being able to visit the Uffizi. I had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours there and count it as one of the highlights of the trip. You look up and there, not more than four feet in front of you is Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
It was their mistake! We did get in after all.
Posted by: Toni Gianforti | September 18, 2007 8:57 PM