This is
that same dome - the St Peter's Dome - that I shot yesterday, but this is shot
from inside the Vatican. The dome was designed my Michelangelo himself who
started the project when he was 71 years old. After he died, his student
completed the work and it was finished in 26 years later, in 1590. The dome is
136 m high and 42 m in diameter. If you want to climb to the top, it's a
whopping 491 steps to the top. Sadly, we didn't do that though. We ended up
going the other way, climbing down to the tombs of the popes beneath the
cathedral, and after that we were utterly famished, so we left the country to
go get a bite to eat...
What a
strange thing to say eh? Leaving a country to go eat something... There are
actually a few restaurants inside, but we're a picky couple when it gets to
food. We travel as much for the food as for anything else and we carefully pick
the restaurants we go to beforehand to avoid tourist traps and mediocre places.
Apps like TripAdvisor is a great way to achieve that - it helped turn our trip
into a wonderful food experience :)
/MrsHjort
Great shot (or maybe processing - ha?)! :)
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