You know, I don't really consider myself old. Not in the real sense of the word. In fact, I really only begin to feel old when I think about how different the world is as compared to how it was when I was a child.Take, for example, dietary traditions. It doesn't seem...
I was about 7-years-old when my papa took our family to Rome, and I have very fond memories of this trip.Perhaps the most mammoth memory comes from our visit to the mighty Colosseum. I thought it was pretty cool to be standing in a place where so many people fought...
It's amazing how the Colosseum of ancient Rome stood out in my 7-year-old mind. I truly didn't want to leave the place, but when my parents started to leave, I had no choice but to go. One thing my parents couldn't control, however, was my imagination; and it...
It is interesting how it can be difficult sometimes to remember what I ate for breakfast, while the memories of my trip to Italy with my parents when I was only 7 years old are so well ingrained in my mind!Take, for example, Castel Sant'Angelo -- Saint Angelo's...
No trip to Italy would be complete without visiting the famous Fiumi Fountain in Rome, and that is where my father took us.Of course, I didn't know anything about its history then, nor why it was so famous. Hey, I didn't even know that it was famous! All I knew was...
It was shortly after we had visited Castel Sant'Angelo that I saw it: The magical bridge crossing the Tiber River, connecting the two sides of Rome.I have since learned that there are many bridges crossing the Tiber; but it was this one that caught and held my...
There seemed to be no end to the wonders of Rome. Just when I thought there couldn't be anything more amazing, there was. There was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican!The Vatican, in and of itself, was so beautiful. But when I entered the Sistine Chapel and saw those...