{"id":4525,"date":"2010-01-24T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2010\/01\/24\/the-vatican-museums"},"modified":"2021-09-25T05:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T12:54:40","slug":"the-vatican-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=4525","title":{"rendered":"The Vatican Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On my last day in Rome, I awoke to the pleasant sounds of raindrops falling. While some may choose to view their last day in the eternal city filled with rainy weather as a bad sign, I looked at it as a chance to change my plans and find something new, exciting, unexpected….<\/p>\n

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As my taxi pulled up and dropped me off at my chosen destination, I looked up thru the rain at the enormous walls surrounding the Vatican, with the Gothic entrance before me….<\/p>\n

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The art that religion inspires is amazing to me. And no greater artwork did I find than behind these hallowed walls….from great oil paintings to magnificient sculptures, rare artifacts from around the world……..all were hidden here among the great halls within this spiritual domain.<\/p>\n

The Sistine Chapel<\/a> was so beautiful that I lack the words to describe it, and even if photo’s were allowed in there, none could possibly capture it’s scope or beauty.<\/p>\n

It was an artist lover’s and photographer’s dream, and I hope you feel the raw emotion in this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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