Italy (Jan 2001)

  Pictures (and commentary) will be added by the end of Jan, 2001, as soon as I get my digital camera fixed, which seems to have been slightly damaged after the airline lost our baggage on the way back.

Itinerary

Wednesday, Jan 3, 2001
  • Sistine Chapel (and adjoining museums)
  • the Pantheon
  • Church of Katherine of Siena
  • Various additional churches
Thursday, Jan 4, 2001
  • The Pope
  • St. Peter's Basilica (the square in front of the church)
  • St. Peter's (Cathedral)
  • The Roman Senate
  • The Forum
  • The Collesseum
Friday, Jan 5, 2001
  • A day trip to Pompei
Saturday, Jan 6, 2001
  • A morning trip to Tivoli: Hadrian's Villa
  • Trevi Fountain
  • the Spanish Steps
Sunday, Jan 7, 2001
  • Services at the Deutsche Nationalkirche, by our hotel
  • the Gesu' (Jesuit Church)
  • (Church at the top of the stairs, by the Senate)
Monday, Jan 8, 2001
  • Florence Cathedral (San Maria del Fiore)
  • Santa Spirito (church)
  • Michaelangelo's Library by San Lorenzo
  • San Lorenzo church (outside)
  • Santa Maria Novella (church)
  • Spedale degli Innocenti (first orphanage in Europe, 1444)
  • Palazzo Medici-R.
  • Palazzo Stozzi
  • Palazzo Rucellai
Tuesday, Jan 9, 2001
  • Palazzo Vecchio
  • Uffizi Museum
  • Galleria dell Accademia
  • Palazzo Pitti
  • Boboli Gardens, in the Palazzo Pitti